Originally Posted by
dieuwer2
I was flying MUC-BOS last evening and noticed a faint gasoline smell coming from the overhead airco just before take off and at arrival at the gate. Anyone noticed this before?
Other than that, the flight was excellent and the crew very attentative. So much better than US airlines.
Not really a Lufthansa subject, but here we go:
Most aircraft use "bleed air" for lots of things. This is clean air from outside the plane that is compressed and warmed by the engines. One of the systems that uses bleed air is the airconditioning on the ground. As the engines were started, there was probably some kersone fumes around the plane (this is an airport after all). In BOS, you might have been taxiing behing another plane.
Happens, perfectly normal. (Except that I gets my wife really nervous every time)