Originally Posted by
SeenItAll
TV news in the states reporting PAX interviews that only the flight and/or cabin crew went to the hospital. No PAX involved. Further, some interviewed PAX were peeved that evidently all cabin crew left the plane before any PAX. Still quite mysterious as to the cause.
This seems to be consistent with what the pilots told Edmonton Center well over an hour before landing. They seemed to think that a couple of pax would need to be checked out but all of the casualties were 'crewmembers'.
From my gist of the ATC comms posted above:
When asked what assistance they need on arrival, Speedbird says they need paramedics to meet the aircraft at the gate. They say eleven 'crewmembers' are 'directly affected' by the fumes and a few pax. A little later they say eleven to twelve people total max.
They emphasize that they are fine on the flight deck but will do a fumes on aircraft procedure on arrival.