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The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government: Why filters are not fitted to commercial aircraft to prevent crews and passengers from being exposed to pyrolysis products from synthetic jet engine oils and hydraulic fluids during a contaminated air event. [HL1762]
 
Lord Davies of Oldham: Filters are not required on commercial aircraft because European airworthiness regulations already require aircraft ventilation systems to be designed to supply air to an acceptable standard, free from harmful or hazardous concentrations of gases or vapours. This is confirmed at the aircraft initial certification and thereafter each commercial aeroplane in the United Kingdom is subject to rigorous scheduled maintenance to ensure that the intended standards are maintained. 
To protect the safety of any flight on which an unexpected failure occurs the CAA has directed crews to don their oxygen masks whenever they suspect that the crew air supply has been contaminated.
 
October 2005
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A family holiday ruined

"When we boarded the aircraft we were all in excellent health. During the flight, my husband and I started feeling very light headed. We had head pain and felt very fatigued.
 
I could not control my bowels and was continuously in the lavatory...
 
About 48 hours after we arrived, we all developed severe flu like symptoms.
It got so bad that we had to seek medical attention and went to the emergency room at a Florida hospital ....
 
This has proven to be a great battle of red tape and ignorance. It has been an extreme mission and has demanded so much of me at a time when I am at my weakest.
 
 
To any passengers out there who have suffered ill health like this during and after flying, report it to the airline, the public health organizations, and anybody who will listen"

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The Travel journalist..
 
I stumbled onto your site while attempting to find information on what has happed to me.  I inhaled fumes in the cabin while awaiting a gate for a prolonged period .. I was very sick upon leaving the plane and it escalated until I was hospitalized two weeks ago.  Now ..  I have a serious lung problem and fatigue that makes even doing the dishes difficult. ....  

The 'irony' in this is I write a travel column and this is not what my readers want to hear!"

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