A British Airways captain and co-pilot were sent to the hospital right away after becoming ill in the cockpit and inhaling a “foul odour” during a trip to London today.
On Thursday morning, at 30,000 feet in the air, the captain and first officer of a BA flight were obliged to put on oxygen masks after noticing the stink.
The crowded aircraft took off from Newcastle and made contact with emergency personnel on the ground before landing at Heathrow airport.
Fearing they may have been exposed to harmful chemicals, the pair was taken directly to the hospital after ‘keeling over’.
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The two pilots were initially evaluated at BA’s Crew Report Centre after experiencing “smoke inhalation” in the dramatic cockpit event, when ambulances and fire services were dispatched.
They were subsequently sent to a hospital for additional examinations.
The Sun was informed by a source that this was a disturbing incident. The two pilots are the apparent area of worry right now.
But what’s equally alarming is the concern over what may have happened if these two cockpit crew members had consumed alcohol while still in charge of a crowded jet at 25,000 feet. It is not worth considering.
Investigations into this worrisome situation have begun.
Following a small mechanical issue with the aircraft, the flight landed safely, and everyone disembarked normally, according to British Airways.
After taking off from Newcastle at 7.41 am this morning, the pilots of a BA Shuttle 13C landed the Airbus A320 at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 at 9.14 am.
The flight was scheduled to depart at 6am, one hour and 41 minutes earlier than when it actually did, and it took 91 minutes to land, putting it a full hour and 54 minutes behind schedule.
In spite of concerns about hazardous “fumes” swirling around them, cabin staff members were “held” aboard the aircraft for over two “traumatic” hours on October 9 as passengers flying with British Airways from Barcelona became unwell.
A Boeing 777 aircraft from New York to London had to be cancelled in June of this year because the crew and passengers were frightened by a strong odour.
On BA flight 176, hundreds of people were already seated when it abruptly turned around and headed back to JFK.
The occurrence on BA Flight 176 was referred to as a “technical issue” by a BA representative.
The Unite union claimed to The Sun that BA was trying to distort the facts around these incidents and “manipulate” statistics “to minimise how pervasive the issue actually is in the industry.”
According to the London Ambulance Service, we were summoned at 10:39 a.m. on October 19 to reports of an incident at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 in Hounslow.
Our hazardous area response team (HART) members, an ambulance crew, and an incident response officer all arrived at the scene.
We took two patients who had smoke inhalation to a nearby hospital after treating them on the spot.
According to British Airways, emergency services met the aircraft upon arrival as a precaution, as is “standard practise.”
The safety of our clients and employees continues to be our first priority, they continued.
