A landmark coroners report, released in February in the UK, has called on airlines to take action to address the problem of toxic cabin air.
The inquiry into the death of British Airways pilot Richard Westgate was the first to connect a fatality with toxic cabin air, also know as aerotoxic syndrome. According to The Telegraph, the senior coroner for Dorset, Stanhope Payne explained that people often exposed to fumes inside aircraft cabins faced “consequential damage to their health.” To…
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