Jeannie here, on the road back in Michigan. Picked up a USA Today and there was a small article entitled ‘US Airways crew ill from fumes’. Alan Levin stated in his article ‘that five crewmembers aboard a US Airways flight from Washington to Boston were taken to a hospital Monday aftere complaining of illness due to unidentified fumes. The pilots of the Airbus A319 returned to Washington a few minutes later because the crew and passengers reported fumes. The passengers and crew on the hourly shuttle flight to Boston switched to another jet and left Washington  at 9:20am.  The flight was uneventful, but the crew apparently suffered lingering effects from the aborted flight.  They were treated with oxygen after complaining of headaches and nausea.  Two showed evidence of exposure to carbon monoxide’.

Just another instance of Aerotoxic poisioning. Chris Grimshaw wrote an article on this subject for our last newsletter called ‘Toxic Airlines’. Check it out.