Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines

Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Tristan Loraine
Produced by	Tristan Loraine
Written by	Tristan Loraine
Music by	Kate Garbutt
Cinematography	Anna Carrington; Benjamin Foot; Trinity Greer; Robin Lambert; Lesley Pinder
Edited by	Tristan Loraine; Mike Butler
Distributed by	DFT Enterprises (UK)
Release date	30 November 2007
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$400,000 (estimated)

Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines is a 2007 British documentary film about aerotoxic syndrome directed and produced by former airline captain Tristan Loraine.

Synopsis

This documentary shows that for nearly fifty years, airline passengers and crews have been supplied with unfiltered air, called bleed air, taken directly from the engines. It shows how pressure groups have shown that this air supply sometimes becomes contaminated with neurotoxins, carcinogens and other hazardous chemicals.[1] In aviation industry-speak this contamination is called a "fume event".[2] Many have been reported some filling the passenger cabin with smoke and fumes.[3]

Global Cabin Air Quality Executive

Former British Airways Captain Tristan Loraine, who produced the film, is co-chair of Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE).[4][5]

Contrary opinions

Research by the UK government did not find a link to long-term health problems. The UK Parliament Select Committee on Science and Technology concluded in 2000 that the concerns about significant health risks were not substantiated.[6]

In 2008 Michael Bagshaw, the former Head Doctor at British Airways, and later an advisor to Airbus, claimed that no peer-reviewed, recorded cases of neurological harm in humans followed low-level exposure to the organophosphate tricresyl phosphate (TCP), which is used as a lubricant in jet engines.[7]

gollark: What language?

gollark: What are you *doing*? Why TCP?

gollark: <@738361430763372703> My server runs linux, why?

gollark: What is going on?

gollark: I ßee.

References

Starmer-Smith, Charles (19 December 2009). "Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a breath of fresh cabin air". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
Fume events
smoke and fumes on YouTube
GCAQE website
Ingham, John (2012). "Scandal of toxic fumes in all Jets". Sunday Express.
Select Committee on Science and Technology (2000). "Chapter 4: Elements Of Healthy Cabin Air". Science and Technology - Fifth Report (Report). House of Lords. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
Professor Michael Bagshaw (29 November 2008). "The "Aerotoxic Syndrome"" (PDF). European Society of Aerospace Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012.

External links

Official website

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[thetelegraph1-1] Starmer-Smith, Charles (19 December 2009). "Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a breath of fresh cabin air". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

[2] Fume events

[3] smoke and fumes on YouTube

[4] GCAQE website

[5] Ingham, John (2012). "Scandal of toxic fumes in all Jets". Sunday Express.

[6] Select Committee on Science and Technology (2000). "Chapter 4: Elements Of Healthy Cabin Air". Science and Technology - Fifth Report (Report). House of Lords. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

[7] Professor Michael Bagshaw (29 November 2008). "The "Aerotoxic Syndrome"" (PDF). European Society of Aerospace Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012.