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Study documents TCP in aircraft cabins . Form ZDF “heute nacht” (“tonight” programme), 21 September 2011. German with English subtitles. (24 September 2011, 2 minutes) |
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Toxic fumes on planes: Can it hurt you?
A veteran U.S. Airways Flight Attendant says toxic fumes are being released into planes. Crew members are sick. Some so sick, they're still not back at work a year later. WBTV investigated these claims in a months-long investigation. (10 March 2011, 5 minutes)
Related article, longer video and contaminated air incident list on WBTV website
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Pilots raise the alarm
“An incident on board an aircraft. Fumes from the engine oil get into the cabin air. They contain the nerve poison TCP. Again and again, staff and passengers are complaining about shortness of breath, cough and paralysis. Can flying make you sick? What are the airlines doing about the possible danger?” From Bayerisches Fernsehen, German with English subtitles (1 December 2010, 5 minutes)
Accompanying article
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Airlines: Toxins in aircraft?
Although it has been known for decades that air contaminated with toxic substances can enter aircraft cabins, the airlines apparently still aren’t taking the dangers seriously enough. (31 March 2010, 8 minutes)
Interview with author of the report German with English subtitles. (5 minutes)
Incidents that have been researched and verified
Blog of Capt Andreas Tittlebach, who features in the film
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Aerotoxic Syndrome
'plusminus' reported on toxic fumes in aircraft cabins for the first time a year ago. These fumes can affect passengers and crew and appear to cause serious illness. What has happened since? (18 March 2010, 7 minutes)
Programme information from 'plusminus' (German)
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CNN - Toxins found on plane seats
CNN's Allan Chernoff continues his investigation into toxins found inside passenger jets. (12 March 2010, 5 minutes) |
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CNN - Oil leak sickens plane crew
CNN's Allan Chernoff reports on how eight people were sickened due to an oil leak on a US Airways jet engine. (11 March 2010, 4 minutes)
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CNN - Toxic air on flights
CNN Business Traveller's Ayesha Durgahee reports on the quality of the cabin air on flights. (11 March 2010, 5 minutes) |
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Toxic Airlines and the Aerotoxic Syndrome
A documentary by Tim van Beveren investigating fume events, tricresyl phosphate (TCP) and talking to researchers and pilots affected by the fumes. First broadcast on the German TV programme “Markt” on 9 March 2009. English language version. (29 January 2010, 15 minutes)
Flight LX1103 incident report
Flight BU937 incident report
BAE secret agreement
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BBC News: fast:track examines cabin air on planes
Ian Taylor from Quest International talks about the AirManager air filtration system and David Learmount from Flight International says a fume event on an aircraft could affect his brain for the rest of his life and the thought gives him the “heebie-jeebies”. (27 November 2009, 8 minutes)
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myfoxphoenix - Toxic Fumes Onboard a Jetliner
Similar to the myfoxdc below, but with some different footage (20 November 2009, 6 minutes)
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myfoxdc - Is Something In the Air When You Fly?
A discussion about Aerotoxic Syndrome, featuring interviews with Capt John Hoyte, Flight Attendant Ruth Medina, Dr Robert Harrison and Russell Raymond. (17 November 2009, 5 Minutes)
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CNN - Airplane air toxic?
CNN's Allan Chernoff takes a look at whether the air we breathe on airplanes could be toxic. Featuring Flight Attendant Terry Williams. (17 August 2009, 4 minutes) |
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CNN - Can airplanes be toxic?
CNN.com's Jessica Ravitz talks about airplanes having "fume events" making cabin air toxic to breathe. Tristan Loraine discusses his film "Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines". (3 July 2009, 13 minutes) |
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Fatal Flights
Ross Coulthart investigates the cover-up in our skies. Broadcast on the "Sunday Night" current affairs programme on the Seven Network in Australia. (10 minutes)
Incident report and air quality test results for the flight featured in the film
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King5 - Airline passengers try to find answers after falling ill
"Something caused at least two passengers aboard Southwest flight 1705 in January to become seriously ill. Now they're asking the courts to help them find answers." (2 minutes)
Article and press release
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Plusminus - Obligation to report disregarded
Plusminus reported on Aerotoxic Syndrome in February. New documents show that incidences of contaminated cabin air in Germany are much more frequent than the airlines admit. (5 minutes)
German Version
Interview with toxicologist Prof Henschler
Blog of Capt Andreas Tittlebach, who features in the film
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Unfiltered - breathed in
"The cabin air in airliners is bled off the jet engines and is fed into the passenger compartment unfiltered. "Plusminus" asks whether the air in the aircraft is actually clean." (7 minutes)
TCP results and more
German Version
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BBC Panorama - Something in the Air
First shown on BBC One on 21 April 2008. "Panorama carries out its own tests to discover just what's in the air we breathe when we fly". (32 minutes, may be available in UK only) Following the programme, the Aerotoxic Association issued a Press Release.
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Air Travel Can Damage Your Health
Channel 4 News item investigating the effect of organophosphates by talking to pilots and scientists. (6 minutes) |
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Do You Know What You're Breathing at 30,000 feet? (Video no longer available - please let us know if you have a copy)
King5 News item looking into "mysterious illness" in aircraft, including an interview with Dr Clement Furlong on organophosphate research. (5 minutes) |
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What the Airlines Won't Tell You
This is the full version of the AOPIS (Aviation Organo Phosphate Information Service) documentary. (51 minutes) |
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Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines Trailer
"A thirty year secret revealed by a documentary film the aviation industry never wanted made!" (2 minutes) |
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