British Airways Mid-flight horror as pilot becomes ‘incapacitated’ in fume filed cockpit: Daily Mail

[Daily Mail] A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at a remote Canadian town after suspected toxic oil fumes were reported on the flight deck.

The co-pilot started to feel nauseous before unscheduled stop was made at Goose Bay, Newfoundland. Photo: Wikipedia

The Boeing 777, carrying 158 passengers from Heathrow to Philadelphia, made the unscheduled stop at Goose Bay, in Newfoundland, in temperatures of -30C after fumes started to cause eye and throat irritation halfway through the eight hour flight. The co-pilot also became incapacitated after he started to feel nauseous nearly half an hour later.

Oxygen masks were then required for the captain and first officer, so they could make the landing last Sunday, according to the Sunday Express.

The news comes just two weeks after the first picture was released of one of two top BA pilots who died within days of each other after complaining about being exposed to toxic oil fumes on passenger planes.

Last month it was reported Richard Westgate, 43, died after instructing his lawyers to sue BA for health and safety breaches days before fellow pilot Karen Lysakowska, 43, passed away.

Both claimed they had been poisoned by the fumes that can contaminate cabin air and which regularly force pilots to wear oxygen masks.

Read the full story at the Mail Online…..

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Mail Online – James Rush
10 Feb, 2013

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US Airways Express Passenger held as he tried to open cabin door: Sentinel

[Mornng Sentianel] A Flight from Portland was diverted to Boston’s Logan Airport

Passengers on a commercial flight from Portland to Philadelphia had to restrain a passenger after he tried to enter the jet’s cockpit this afternoon.

Passengers helped subdue the disoriented man and the plane landed safely.  Photo: Wikipedia

Air Wisconson Flight 3801, which is operated by U.S. Airways Express, had to be diverted to Boston’s Logan Airport this afternoon when the man tried to open the cabin door to the area where the pilots sit.

The plane made an emergency landing at the airport at 4:32 p.m.

Massachusetts state police boarded the plane and took 40-year-old Michael J. Ensalaco of Mooreville, N.C., into custody,

Ensalaco has been charged with interfering with a flight crew.

“At this time, there does not appear to be any nexus to terrorism,” state police said in a prepared statement. Ensalaco could be arraigned in East Boston District Court on Friday, police said.

Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said the plane was diverted after other passengers restrained the unruly man.

Orlandella says the flight from Portland had 50 passengers and……

Read the full story at the Morning Sentinel….

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By Dennis Hoey
Staff Writer – 10th May, 2012

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US Airways takes a step toward merging with American Airlines: Philly.com

[Philly.com] US Airways on Friday took a step toward merging with bankrupt American Airlines as it reached agreements with American’s unions for pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics.US Airways on Friday took a step toward merging with bankrupt American Airlines as it reached agreements with American’s unions for pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics.

A US Airways-American merger would form the world's biggest airline. American opposes the plan

The three unions, which represent about 55,000 American employees, announced their support of a merger, which would create the world’s largest airline under the American Airlines name.

American said it would continue its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy as a stand-alone company.

Philadelphia is one of US Airways’ three main hub cities and would remain a hub for the merged airline, according to US Airways chief executive Doug Parker.

“Our intention would be to put our two complementary networks together, maintaining both airlines’ existing hubs and aircraft, and create an airline that could compete successfully with United, Delta and other carriers within our industry,” Parker wrote in a letter to employees on Friday.

“We have concluded that a merger with American, while they are undergoing their bankruptcy restructuring, represents a unique opportunity that we should not ignore,” Parker wrote.

Parker said a merged airline would save at least 6,200 of 13,000 jobs that would be lost under American’s go-it-alone plan.

The unions oppose American’s plan to eliminate the 13,000 union jobs and cut labor costs to return to profitability. American is seeking to throw out contracts with the unions that govern pay, benefits and work rules, and impose its own terms on employees.

US Airways and the unions said they had agreed on terms for collective bargaining agreements if there is a merger between the airlines…..

Read the full story at Philly.com….

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Sun, Apr. 22, 2012
By Paul Nussbaum, Inquirer Staff Writer

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