Tag: Richard Westgate

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  UK first official recognition of 'aerotoxic syndrome' caused by fumes in aircraft cabins

  

  A coroner inquiring into the death of a former British Airways pilot has said that toxic fumes in cabin air pose a health risk to aircrew and frequent fliers. People regularly exposed to fumes circulating in planes faced “consequential damage to their health,” according to Stanhope Payne, the senior coroner for Dorset.