Toxic gas emissions in airplanes occur on average every 2,000 flights. Some aircraft are even forced to land urgently. Where do these fumes come from? What do passengers risk?
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You are comfortably seated on the plane. You take off and suddenly, in mid-flight, you smell a strange smell of wet dog. Same thing in the cockpit! This type of incident would not be rare: called a “fume event” (for “gas fumes”), it would occur on average every 2,000 flights!
Sometimes, it's panic for the crew and passengers: dizziness, incoherent gestures... Some aircraft are forced to land urgently, like the British Airways flight BA286 in San Francisco in October 2016.
What do airlines know?
Where do these mysterious emanations come from? Why are some pilots and flight attendants permanently unable to fly again after a smoke event? What do airlines know? What do the eleven million passengers who board a plane every day risk?
A report by Marianne Kerfriden and Stéphane Conchon
#aviation #airtv #crash
Documentary: Toxic air
©Galaxie press
21 авг 2024
