10 People Overcome by Fumes aboard Flight at BWI (Baltimore/Washington Int'l)

MSNBC

[fatima]

RedBloodedAmerican,Hi,What do you think it is?

[Bahbah]

"Southwest serves honey-roasted peanuts on its flights."

And many of us find them not worth the effort of opening the package.

[Defender2]

None of the aircraft systems I have worked use freon. The pressurisation turbines periodically require a special grade lubricant servicing. Those turbines turn at very high speeds.

[kayak]

Thanks.

On that awful flight I experienced, they never told us what the problem was ... just that there was one (which we had all figured out by the time they said anything an hour into the flight!). There were no fumes, funny smells, or anything ... the cabin simply never pressurized sufficiently.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Wasn't the cause of Payne Stewart's plane crash de-pressurization(SP?)

[Defender2]

#164. your description in your last post describes an ECS problem perfectly. Something was wrong with that particular ECS system.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I don't think it was an inflight mechanical problem, or even one on the ground.

Sounds to me like some folks brought food onto the plane from an airport terminal restaurant that was bad.

[myprecious]

And stupid.

[Defender2]

Not familiar with that incident. However the intended coach for LSU in the late 70's, "Bo" Rein's aircraft loss was suspected of happening through pressurisation failure.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Faulty outflow valve. The aircraft came into Sanford the night before with masks down and the problem was pencil whipped.

But you won't hear the FBI or FAA say that.

[DocRock]

"Ignorant is not having a quota of people of the same race to question if suspicious activity, refusing to check orthopedic shoes .... That's just crazy. Before 911 maybe. Not now."

This is one of my favorite pictures...

[BykrBayb]

Could you give us a clue so we can find it too? Your link is bad.

[Revel]

Are there people passed out on the floor at the terminal. I sure would like to here from some of the passengers.

[CindyDawg]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172393/posts Other weird stuff going on tonight(?). How can someone report that people exposed to an unknown contagious substance and in the same paragraph say but they are going to be fine?

[Defender2]

Got to get some sleep. Good Night ALL.

[Rockitz]

is hydraulic fluid volatile enough to enter the air so quickly?

Nope. Bubbles in the line tend to cause problems.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Good point!

[fatima]

RedBloodedAmerican,Bad food that they brought on board because all you get on the flight are snacks .So that could explain why only certain people where sick on a flight of over 100 people.Wonder where they got it.

[pnz1]

A&E is doing part of their Airline show at BWI. Wonder if they will cover this?

[mtbopfuyn]

There weren't any Middle Eastern musicians traveling on board, were there?

Or that ME guy touring the country with a suicide note?