Gif in de cockpit II

Kamerleden reageren geschrokken, maar volgens toenmalig minister Eurlings is er geen reden tot zorg. Ingrijpen door de overheid is niet nodig. Maar onder het vliegend personeel neemt de onrust juist toe. Want nog steeds keert regelmatig een vliegtuig terug omdat er een ondraaglijke stank is in de cockpit en de cabine.

Piloten zetten dan hun zuurstofmaskers op, soms raken bemanningsleden onwel. Waarom blijven ook de vliegtuigmaatschappijen volhouden dat er niets aan de hand is? Zembla onderzoekt het 'best bewaarde geheim van de luchtvaart'.

Research, samenstelling en regie: Ton van der Ham
Eindredactie: Manon Blaas

Voor het aanvragen van SamplerCards, DNA- en Abou Donia testen: www.prohealth.nl/Aerotoxic_Diagnostics.html
Vereniging van Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers
Aviation herald
Vereniging van Luchtvaarttechnici
Aerotoxic Association The association is run by a group of aircrew whose careers have ended prematurely due to Aerotoxic Syndrome, and want to help similarly affected aircrew and passengers.
Cabinpressure fnv , De vakbond voor cabinepersoneel

Aircraft Cabin Air Sampling Study : Part 1 and part 2   of the Final Report, This report describes the methodology and results of a study of aircraft cabin air quality undertaken by Cranfield University and two contracted analytical laboratories on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT). The project began in 2007 and was carried out under the leadership of the late Helen Muir OBE (Professor of Aerospace Psychology, Cranfield University) until her illness and untimely death in the first quarter of 2010.

Can planes be poisenous? The BBC has been told of new research linking toxins found in the air systems of commercial airliners and neurological damage suffered by pilots.

Toxic fumes in airliner cabins ignored by authorities , Slow progress in taking action to protect crews and passengers from the effects of toxic air contamination in aircraft is causing many in the aviation industry to fume.

Why Air Quality on Planes Can Seem Stagnant , Airline customer service isn’t the only thing in need of improvement these days. The air in airplane cabins needs some fixing, too, and not just because your seatmate sneezed all over you.

Up in the Air: New Worries About 'Fume Events' on Planes (pdf) Any frequent flier knows that air on a plane can get pretty foul. But can it be toxic?