Odour diverts

Status
Not open for further replies.
Joined
Oct 13, 2013
Posts
14,588
In the month of July, several onboard odor occurrences (as opposed to smoke) have caused aircraft to divert

Lufthansa (Stinkhansa as an Avherald reader puts it) have had 3. Another 3 German airlines have had it as well
Seems to only affect the crew only. On at least one occasion the Entire crew went to get checked at a hospital

The AA one this month is apparently not due to a passenger "dropping his guts" but something else
 
Is this another way for unions to take industrial action?

Given the close confines of an aircraft cabin. surely it is unlikely that odours would only be noticeable to cabin crews.
 
I guess the crew would be more likely to know the smells that are normally there. I've seen a couple with burning smells, but no smoke. On one occasion it was an air con problem that was detected by the nose before the system, whilst another was a recirculation fan (part of the cabin air system). Refused to take an aircraft once because of a foul smell (like the king of all farts, but it wasn't going away). Turned out that a drain was blocked solid and the contents were as bad as you might imagine.
 
Many years ago Ansett had repeated alleged problems with the air quality of its BAe 146 aircraft, which resulted in a Senate Committee issuing a report in 2000, but that aircraft is no longer used to carry passengers in Australia by any of the four major domestic airlines. Allegedly those problems went back to 1983.
 
Not wanting to single out one airline for odour diverts. Took me a while to find this one:

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/...irways-flight-had-to-turn-around-and-land-475

More recently while not a divert another 2 German registered aircraft suffered odours and several German cabin crew member had to be hospitalised. Passengers were oK
BA also suffered a smelly socks issue in the crew rest compartment which required several crew to seek medical attention - reported on 24th July by Simon of AvHerald.
 
The Frequent Flyer Concierge team takes the hard work out of finding reward seat availability. Using their expert knowledge and specialised tools, they'll help you book a great trip that maximises the value for your points.

AFF Supporters can remove this and all advertisements

Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top