A few Examples of Toxic Fumes Reports. |
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From REPORT #7:
During cruise flight I, the Capt, begin to experience the necessity to cough a lot. I questioned the FO as to how he was feeling. I expressed that I had a headache and was feeling like i wanted to vomit. The FO expressed the same feelings. I told him to use the oxygen mask and that I would do the same until we figured out why we were feeling this way. There was an odor in the cockpit that could be compared to the exhaust of an automobile. We did not advise AZC due to the uncertainty of what was going on. We were quite confused. I had suggested that we shut off the LP bleed air from the right engine since that was where the majority of the air supply to the cockpit was coming from. I did this knowing that the aircraft would remain pressurized with the left engine lp bleed. About 10 minutes after shutting off the right engine LP bleed we noticed the exhaust smell dissipate. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Once in the gate at zzz, I contacted maint control about the bad smell and wrote this up as an issue. Only through hearsay I learned that maint was very confused about the write-up and finally went to a local hardware store to buy a CO detector. After placing the CO detector in the cockpit and running the engine the purchased CO detector experienced a CO alarm reflecting the presence of CO in the cockpit. From this hearsay about this maintenance experience I can only deduce that the FO and myself experienced CO poisoning during cruise flight. (continue reading full "Report 7" below)
During cruise flight I, the Capt, begin to experience the necessity to cough a lot. I questioned the FO as to how he was feeling. I expressed that I had a headache and was feeling like i wanted to vomit. The FO expressed the same feelings. I told him to use the oxygen mask and that I would do the same until we figured out why we were feeling this way. There was an odor in the cockpit that could be compared to the exhaust of an automobile. We did not advise AZC due to the uncertainty of what was going on. We were quite confused. I had suggested that we shut off the LP bleed air from the right engine since that was where the majority of the air supply to the cockpit was coming from. I did this knowing that the aircraft would remain pressurized with the left engine lp bleed. About 10 minutes after shutting off the right engine LP bleed we noticed the exhaust smell dissipate. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Once in the gate at zzz, I contacted maint control about the bad smell and wrote this up as an issue. Only through hearsay I learned that maint was very confused about the write-up and finally went to a local hardware store to buy a CO detector. After placing the CO detector in the cockpit and running the engine the purchased CO detector experienced a CO alarm reflecting the presence of CO in the cockpit. From this hearsay about this maintenance experience I can only deduce that the FO and myself experienced CO poisoning during cruise flight. (continue reading full "Report 7" below)
