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American Airlines pilot: Crew members "lost consciousness" due to fumes in cabin
According to LiveATC.net audio of the incident, the pilot can be heard requesting "immediate assistance". The plane was flying from London to Philadelphia when it diverted to Dublin due to odor from cleaning fluid that spilled in the galley. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
it is good everyone is ok and no one became really ill from the spill and the fumes..i am curious though as to why a strong cleaning fluid was even in the galley..from my experience,aircraft,gallies,floors and sanitizing of everything is done prior to the departure of an aircraft, and neither the cockpit crew nor the flight attendants have toxic substances stowed away..they use towelettes and potable water for things and they have sanitary wipes for other issues,but no toxic chemicals in bottles...
Without knowing the cleaning fluid, it's difficult to say much. I do think there's a good chance that the release ofodorous and toxic gas was a reaction product; somewhat like when ammonia is mixed with bleach, releasing chlorine gas.
Was a rule broken or is a rule needed pertaining to that stuff being onboard?
Those Chemicals are nothing to be messed with. Bad stuff.
even though some of these fumes can be very irritating to mucus membranes, i would suspect that any loss of consciousness was from anxiety of the unknown and not from any anesthetic effect of the fumes.
Did they don 0/2 masks?
Perhaps its time to replace with less noxious cleaning fluids?