Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines
| Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Tristan Loraine |
| Written by | Tristan Loraine |
| Produced by | Tristan Loraine |
| Cinematography | Anna Carrington Benjamin Foot Trinity Greer Robin Lambert Lesley Pinder |
| Edited by | Tristan Loraine Mike Butler |
| Music by | Kate Garbutt |
| Distributed by | DFT Enterprises (UK) |
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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
[edit]This documentary shows that for nearly fifty years[specify], airline passengers and crews have been supplied with unfiltered air, called bleed air, taken directly from the engines. It shows how pressure groups have stated that this air supply sometimes becomes contaminated with neurotoxins, carcinogens, and other hazardous chemicals.[1] When this contamination occurs on an aeroplane, it is called a "fume event".[2] Many fume events have been reported, some in which the passenger cabin was filled with smoke and fumes.[3]
Global Cabin Air Quality Executive
[edit]Former British Airways Captain Tristan Loraine, who produced the film, is co-chair of Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE).[4][5]
Contrary opinions
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]- Aerotoxic Association – Advocacy group
References
[edit]- ^ 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[dead link]
- ^ 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.
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