American Airlines Flight passengers and crew suffer sudden, mystery illness

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American Airlines Flight passengers and crew suffer sudden, mystery illness

SYDNEY: -- American Airlines Flight 109, travelling to Los Angeles from London, was more than two hours into its journey and close to Keflavik, Iceland, when several passengers and crew members suddenly and mysteriously became ill.

Those aboard were startled, news reports said, and the pilot decided to fly back to London.
The plane landed safely.

But on Thursday, the mystery of what happened on the plane, which captured headlines around the world, remained unclear.

The Daily Telegraph in Britain, citing a passenger on the flight, reported that one crew member had fainted.

Full story: http://www.smh.com.au/world/american-airlines-flight-passengers-and-crew-suffer-sudden-mystery-illness-20160128-gmgjh2

-- Sydney Morning Herald 2016-01-29

[englishoak]

Air recycling problem..

[Credo]

Well, the country their flying out of isn't known for it's fine cuisine and the airlines don't do much to improve it, but that said, it sounds like something air-borne if it happened that quickly.

[Mr Money Bags]

Maybe they all just suddenly realized they were leaving the Aussie Summer and going to Iceland in the middle of the Winter and had a perfectly natural reaction?

Hey, it's possible......

You're Welcome!!

[hugh2121]

Well, the country their flying out of isn't known for it's fine cuisine and the airlines don't do much to improve it, but that said, it sounds like something air-borne if it happened that quickly.

What utter BS.

Although I will admit that there are far too many Mc Donalds and other American fast food outlets.

Truly British food cannot be beaten, anywhere.

Yes, more likely a circulation problem due to poor servicing in the airline's home.

Edited January 29, 2016 by hugh2121

[hugh2121]

Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants filed a lawsuit against Boeing last year after they fell unconscious when toxic fumes entered the cabin during a flight in 2013, forcing an emergency landing in Chicago.

Their lawsuit claims that Boeing was aware of the health risks from contaminated "bleed air," while the company has long maintained that cabin air is safe to breathe.

News reports of the American Airlines flight fit "a classic pattern" suggesting contamination by engine oil, said Susan Michaelis, head of research at the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive, a group representing aviation industry workers

[NickJ]

The Strain 3......

[neverdie]

Sounds like they've eaten excessive amounts of battered sav up in the cockpit!

Edited January 29, 2016 by neverdie

[Baerboxer]

Well, the country their flying out of isn't known for it's fine cuisine and the airlines don't do much to improve it, but that said, it sounds like something air-borne if it happened that quickly.

And the country they were flying to certainly isn't no for its cuisine, and neither are their airlines.

But food poisoning would be relatively easy to identify and unlikely to have affected people so quickly.

[Credo]

Well, the country their flying out of isn't known for it's fine cuisine and the airlines don't do much to improve it, but that said, it sounds like something air-borne if it happened that quickly.

And the country they were flying to certainly isn't no for its cuisine, and neither are their airlines.

But food poisoning would be relatively easy to identify and unlikely to have affected people so quickly.

I am being facetious by the way. British food has a bit of a reputation, but it is hardly poisonous. Regardless, the UK has a huge variety of foods, but it seems that once it gets put in one of those airline containers and put on board, it seems to lose anything that would classify as 'good.'

That said, any type of food borne illness would affect people at different times, depending on much food they had in their stomach.

This appears to be air-borne and I hope they find out what it is.

[bendejo]

Did it have something to do with the music they were playing? Some of the pop music these days is sickening.

Recently was on an Air Asia flight. While the plane was boarding they repeatedly played this song with some guy who kept saying "I got the moves of Jagger" ad nauseum, made me wonder if that was what the barf bags were for.

Edited January 29, 2016 by bendejo