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Victims' Testimonies

The following articles are testimonies from pilots, cabin crew and passengers. Most have chosen to remain anonymous.

If you have an experience which you wish to share, please send it in for publication. All testimonies must be confirmed with supporting evidence to demonstrate their authenticity.

Victims' testimonies in German   Victims' testimonies in Spanish





A hundred camels

Blog of a Andreas Tittelbach, a Lufthansa CityLine Avro captain who lost his health and his job.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:24
 

Letter from an air filtration expert

A passenger who was in the cleanroom business for most of his working life expresses his scepticism over cabin air quality.

 

Testimony of a Cabin Services Director

An experienced Cabin Service Director suffered for years with various illnesses before making the link to Aerotoxic Syndrome.

 

Testimony of Susan Michaelis

Susan is a medically-retired pilot and this is the testimony she sent to the Expert Panel on Aircraft Air Quality (EPAAQ) enquiry, set up by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to investigate cabin air quality and related health problems.

 

Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes

After 20 months of serious illness following an exposure to hydraulic fluid, Flight Attendant Anna Denney-Sandefer found a treatment that has dramatically improved her health.

 

Testimony of Leonard Lawrence

This pilot’s alarming account of fume events, ill-health and medical misdiagnoses.

 

Testimony of a US Flight Attendant of 30 Years

A flight attendant with a major US carrier with 30 years experience had two exposures to toxic fumes.

 

Testimony of a German Flight Attendant

This flight attendant found that her symptoms dramatically reduced when she changed fleets from the Boeing 757 to the 767.
Deutsch  Español

 

Testimony of a BAe 146 and F100 Pilot

This pilot’s problems started when he began flying the BAe 146. Since taking early retirement, his health has gone downhill further.
Deutsch

 

Testimony of Mavis & Tony Haycock

An account of how a passenger started to develop alarming symptoms after a flight from Vancouver to Manchester, UK.
Deutsch

 

Testimony of a 146 and 757/767 pilot

A pilot who started having health problems flying the 146 found that things just went downhill after changing aircraft.

 

Testimony of a Training Captain

A candid account of this once-fit and athletic pilot’s decline in health following a fume event.
Deutsch
  Español

 

Robin Montmayeur's account of a fume event

This is a letter from a passenger to the US House of Representatives and tells of her ordeal of a fume event on a flight which diverted to Pittsburg en route between Dulles and San Diego.
PDF Letter

 

Testimony of a Flight Attendant

A currently-serving flight attendant describes his gradual decline of health, and makes a vivid description of symptoms suffered and how it has affected his life.
 

Testimony of BH (BAe 146 Captain)

Another BAe 146 captain gives his account of ill-health, his opinion of a pilot union and his suggestions on the problem of contaminated cabin air.

 

Testimony of Captain GH

Captain GH eventually lost his health after 18 years of flying the BAe146. Two years on, his health has almost recovered to the way it was before.
 

The Travel Journalist

A travel writer's experience of cabin fumes.
 

Testimony of a Professional Pilot

A pilot's recovers his health after stopping flying the BAe 146, only to receive a more devastating blow following a fume event in his new job on a different aircraft.
 

Testimony of a Pilot's Mother

A mother's account of how her son's character changed, and the effect it had on his family life.
 

Testimony of a First Officer

This pilot describes how he was cast aside by his employer after having lost his licence.

 

Testimony of a Prematurely Retired 757 Captain

With a long career flying all manner of airliners, this 757 captain thought his persistent health problems were just a result of getting old, until various medical tests revealed the truth.

 

Testimony of a Passenger

A passenger tells how a holiday to Florida in 2007 was ruined. To this day, she and her whole family are suffering from the effects of contaminated air.
 

Testimony of a Pilot's Sister

A pilot's sister recalls her brother's struggle with his health and his work.

 


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