A recent report published by the World Health Organisation states that Aircraft air supplies contaminated by pyrolysed engine oil and other aircraft fluids can reasonably be linked to acute and chronic symptoms, findings and diagnoses, thus establishing causation. The aim of the study was to undertake an in-depth investigation of aircrew involved in suspected aircraft contaminated [...]
VN ADS directors have been invited to join the new committee that was recently setup to develop air quality standards for cabin sensors. The first meetings will begin on May 3, 2017 and cover: Background to Committee Formation & IATA Tasking Presentation “Need and Expectations of sensoric system” Review Projected Timetable for Development of Standard Discussion [...]
The SAE has proposed that an independent technical committee to develop aerospace industry standards to measure cabin air quality on aircraft be set-up in the face of ongoing legal action by crew against manufacturers and operators alike. SUMMARY In November 2016, IATA requested that SAE International develop a standard or standards covering portable and fixed [...]
HM Revenue & Customs has won a £26m tax avoidance case against film partnership schemes that acquired interests in films including The Queen and the Roman Polanski remake of Oliver Twist. The Court of Appeal dismissed appeals from Proteus Film Partnership and Samarkand Film Partnership, upholding a previous judgment that they were not trading and [...]
Greenpeace and Which? welcome move by 10,000 Volkswagen owners for £3,000 in compensation as carmaker faces bill as high as £3.6bn Thousands of British motorists have launched a lawsuit against Volkswagen over the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, in a claim that could end up costing the carmaker billions of pounds. The group of 10,000 VW owners has filed a [...]
Volkswagen’s top executives told staff to cover up emissions cheating in the weeks before the scandal was exposed, the Federal Bureau of Investigation claimed yesterday. The executives ordered the “continued concealment” of the existence of a device that was built into diesel cars to cheat emissions tests, in the knowledge that US regulators were unaware [...]
even flight attendants were taken to hospital complaining of headaches caused by "odours in the cabin" on an American Airlines aircraft. The crew on flight 1896, which landed safely in Orlando on Monday night, were said to have been involved in what are known as fume events. Seven staff were hospitalised, but none of the [...]
British Airways flight attendants on board an Airbus A380 “superjumbo” vomited, became “spaced out” and had to use emergency oxygen after suspected “toxic fumes” were detected in the cabin during a long-haul flight, a leaked internal report reveals. At least one crew member became so ill that he curled up on the floor and put [...]
Anyone who dares to say anything even remotely critical about the financial revolution of crowdfunding risks being labelled as an unpatriotic, cynical envoy of the big banks. Celebrity investors from London’s Silicon Roundabout tech hub have been backed up by endless government ministers in asserting that “alternative finance” holds the key to the future of our economy. Using these [...]
A former British Airways flight attendant claims her health collapsed after she was “poisoned” by fumes while working on aircraft, as it emerged that four UK airlines are being sued by 74 cabin crew who say they were exposed to contaminated air. Trudie Dadd, 56, says she suffered “unbelievable fatigue”, memory and stomach problems, confusion, [...]
