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Feb 24 15 8:16 PM
A CORONER has released a report warning of the dangers of toxic fumes in plane cabins following an investigation into the death of a British Airways pilot. Sheriff Stanhope Payne, the Senior Coroner for Dorset in the UK, has raised serious concerns for cabin crew and passengers that are regularly exposed to plane fumes, warning of “consequential damage to their health.”It follows the death in December 2012 of British Airways copilot Richard Westgate, 43, who had complained for years of severe headaches, insomnia, vision problems and confusion. He had been convinced he was being poisoned by toxic fumes leaking onto planes and had asked his lawyers to begin legal action against the airline for “breaching health and safety guidelines” before his death. Mr Payne said that examinations of Mr Westgate’s body “disclosed symptoms consistent with exposure to organophosphate compounds in aircraft cabin air”. His report has been sent to British Airways and the (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) listing five serious matters of concern he believes need to be addressed to prevent future deaths.
Sheriff Stanhope Payne, the Senior Coroner for Dorset in the UK, has raised serious concerns for cabin crew and passengers that are regularly exposed to plane fumes, warning of “consequential damage to their health.”
It follows the death in December 2012 of British Airways copilot Richard Westgate, 43, who had complained for years of severe headaches, insomnia, vision problems and confusion. He had been convinced he was being poisoned by toxic fumes leaking onto planes and had asked his lawyers to begin legal action against the airline for “breaching health and safety guidelines” before his death.
Mr Payne said that examinations of Mr Westgate’s body “disclosed symptoms consistent with exposure to organophosphate compounds in aircraft cabin air”. His report has been sent to British Airways and the (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) listing five serious matters of concern he believes need to be addressed to prevent future deaths.
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