BA A320. Onion bahjis smell.
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BA A320. Onion bahjis smell.
This sounded really nasty with both pilots apparently becoming partially incapacitated on the approach to Paphos.
Accident: British Airways A320 at Paphos on Oct 19th 2019, fumes in cockpit, both pilots partially incapacitated
Accident: British Airways A320 at Paphos on Oct 19th 2019, fumes in cockpit, both pilots partially incapacitated
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The doctors recommended the flight crew to stay in hospital overnight for monitoring, however, the pilots preferred to go to the hotel and returned to London the next day as passengers, refusing to fly on the occurrence aircraft.
8-12 hours bottle to throttle is an accepted standard, how many hours BA expects for E.R. to throttle?
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2 Airlines in Hong Kong are having a bad time of it too. However, they are able to put fear and intimidation into crews not to take further and return to work.
Not HKA or HKE.
Paranoia? Destroying one's nervous system, constant headaches, death, just to name a few.
www.aerotoxicity.org
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Not HKA or HKE.
Paranoia? Destroying one's nervous system, constant headaches, death, just to name a few.
www.aerotoxicity.org
www.susanmichaelis.com
What makes you so sure it was an engine oil related event? There are a number of potential causes for fume events - engine oil is actually fairly low on the probability list (most are related to electrical or galley issues).
I've never heard of an engine oil related fume event described as a "Onion Bahjis" smell.
I've never heard of an engine oil related fume event described as a "Onion Bahjis" smell.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50550735
Possibly they just don't like spices? Not unheard of.......
Possibly they just don't like spices? Not unheard of.......
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Fever is a high internal body temperature. A high body temp can be caused by many things.
This article specifically mentions organophosphate toxicity.
This article specifically mentions organophosphate toxicity.
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That does not explain their low blood oxygen. Fever was most likely an effect (or unrelated), not the cause. With 100% oxygen from masks you need another factor preventing their blood from transporting oxygen. There are a lot of chemicals that could do that.
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As I read it they refused to fly back on the occurrence aircraft, meaning as passengers?