Mayday incident Easyjet
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Mayday incident Easyjet
Who knows more about the emergency landing of an EasyJet A320 in Newscastle (Flight Edinborough - Hamburg)? Apparently pilots treated in Hospital because of smoke inhilation.
@atakacs, please let us NOT confuse fumes (mentioned in the press report you linked to) with smoke (in your post) even if the report does make mention of a burning smell.
fume
English
Noun
A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)
smoke
English
Noun
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
all in all, it's as clear as mud. to my simple mind, smoke is from fires, fumes are from exhausts or chemical reactions but.....................
English
Noun
A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)
smoke
English
Noun
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
all in all, it's as clear as mud. to my simple mind, smoke is from fires, fumes are from exhausts or chemical reactions but.....................
FWIW my better half thinks I'm "nose blind" so it's just as well the appropriate checklist covers both options and is labelled "Smoke/fumes....."
As an aside it's perhaps interesting this thread is so short, if it had been another outfit we'd have been up to page 5, 10 or more by now.....
As an aside it's perhaps interesting this thread is so short, if it had been another outfit we'd have been up to page 5, 10 or more by now.....