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BA flight attendant 'poisoned' by cabin fumes

Old Dec 4, 2016, 8:36 pm
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BA flight attendant 'poisoned' by cabin fumes

From the Dec. 4 edition of The Times:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne...umes-d0bzr38bf

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BA attendant ‘poisoned’ by cabin fumes
Mark Hookham, Transport Correspondent
December 4 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
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A former British Airways flight attendant claims her health collapsed after she was “poisoned” by fumes while working on aircraft, as it emerged that four UK airlines are being sued by 74 cabin crew who say they were exposed to contaminated air.
Trudie Dadd, 56, says she suffered “unbelievable fatigue”, memory and stomach problems, confusion, and numbness in her feet after she was twice exposed in one year to fumes on BA flights.....
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Old Dec 4, 2016, 11:05 pm
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Airtoxic syndrome has been a much discussed issue, most people don't realise that the cabin air supply on most aircraft comes from a bleed in the engines and can get contaminated. Apparently the Bae 146 was quite bad for this, though various investigations have failed to demonstrate unsafe levels of toxic compounds in Cabin air supplies.

That said I believe the 787's (and all future Boeing aircraft) air supply no longer comes from the engine.
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Old Dec 5, 2016, 1:22 am
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Old Dec 5, 2016, 1:32 am
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I think there's little doubt that cabin air can get contaminated. AIUI the real dispute is whether those incidents have caused the serious health issues that have been experienced by some crew members, or whether those health issues have been caused by other things.

Those who are campaigning on the basis of the former (and who may be right) are very good at making sure that the issue is periodically in the headlines. Although I don't have access to that Sunday Times article, the word "emerged" suggests that this may be another episode of that. I thought that the fact that there's a significant number of claims against airlines was already known and reported. (I leave aside the cynical thought that the journalist has used the phrase "it emerged" as a synonym for "I have just discovered".)
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Old Dec 5, 2016, 2:34 am
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The 787s use air from electrical compressors rather than engine bleed. AIUI this was done to make engine changes quicker and different types of engines more interchangeable. I don't think it has been replicated in any other aircraft yet. The A380 uses bleed air.
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