Posted on 01/28/2016 1:48:14 PM PST by Trumpinator
Mysterious illness causes fainting and panic, forcing American Airlines flight to turn around
By Peter Holley January 28 at 3:44 PM
An American Airlines plane was forced to turn around Wednesday when multiple people on board the London-to-Los Angeles flight were struck by a mysterious illness.
Passengers on the plane became fearful after one flight attendant collapsed and rumors of airborne contamination spread throughout the cabin, according to accounts from several people on board. The plane was in the air for more than two hours and was flying close to Keflavik in southwest Iceland and when it turned around and headed back to London, according to CBS News.
âIt was probably as tense as anyone wants to be 30,000 feet in the air,â passenger Eric Winter told CBS.
âI saw an older gentleman â unfortunately, he had thrown up all over himself,â he added.
One flight attendant âliterally just fainted ⦠just fell forward, put her hand out and hit the floor,â passenger Kris Evans told ABC News. âIt was crazy.â
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This is the first I am hearing about it - in all seriousness.
“Americans are a bunch of hysterics and have been for years; i.e. âtaking in the waters,â Snake Oil, and herbs and vitamins will serve as examples”
Maybe the plane was full of Brits,or French,or Arabs.
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Textbook example of mass hysteria.
Most likely not an illness. Probably a toxin.
Well documented in medical literature. The passengers attorney’s will try to blame it on something the airline had done( deep pockets) but this happens all the time.
Intentional or otherwise.
“they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ‘em crash.”
Two passengers, one has bleach in a shampoo bottle the other has a tube of ammonia based toothpaste.....?
Poor mans chlorine gas?
I don’t think so. It was probably some kind of toxin, but it may not have been intentional, such as in terrorism. Believe it or not, it could’ve been meth. People are always turning up at hotels here, even good ones, with meth labs in their suitcases. Just in case they want to brew up a quick batch.
It’s extremely toxic and makes you sick and can cause permanent damage.
The stewardess is probably pregnant..
Im assuming its a she...
I was really disappointed with the political edge they inserted, rather than making it conspiracy-based. My memory isn’t perfect, but I thought they had upended the original balance in favor of Duchovny’s predilictions.
I hope we get to find out. I’ve seen references to other recent similar incidents.
The article suggested a jet fuel or engine leak but I’m not sure why that would have affected the crew more than passengers.
Yelp. House even did an episode with this scenario. The original guy ended up having bends due to scuba diving before the flight, and of course the rest of the plane begins to act as a virulent infection took place.
I wonder if the aircraft has pressurization issues. (You would have to ask someone more familiar with aircraft systems than I am).
I think disease is unlikely unless the passengers who are affected have some common link.
While onset of symptoms from toxicity or hypoxia might occur in a matter of minutes or just a few hours, most pathogen induced symptoms have greater latency times.
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