On Thursday, October 19, a British Airways captain and co-pilot were rushed to hospital after inhaling a “foul odor” and becoming ill in the cockpit during a trip to London.
The Captain and First Officer of a British Airways flight were obliged to wear breathing masks after noticing a foul odor while flying at 30,000 feet on Thursday morning.
Following contact with emergency personnel on the ground, the jet carrying passengers landed at Heathrow airport after taking off from Newcastle.
The couple was brought to the hospital after ‘passing out,’ fearing they had been exposed to deadly chemicals.
Ambulances and fire departments were dispatched to the airline’s Crew Report Centre, where the two pilots were initially evaluated after suffering’smoke inhalation’ in the dramatic cockpit incident.
They were subsequently taken to the hospital for additional testing.
According to The Sun, a source said, ‘This was a stunning incident. Obviously, the immediate worry is for the two pilots.
‘What is particularly noteworthy is the fear of what might have happened if these two cockpit crew members had been intoxicated while still at the controls of a crowded jet at 25,000 feet. It’s not worth considering.
‘Investigations into this worrisome situation have begun.’
According to a British Airways spokeswoman, ‘the flight landed safely, and customers exited normally following a small technical incident with the aircraft.’
‘We were alerted at 10.39am today (19 October) to reports of an incident at Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport, Hounslow,’ stated a London Ambulance Service spokesperson.
‘An ambulance crew, an incident response officer, and members of our hazardous area response team (HART) were dispatched to the scene.
We treated two individuals for smoke inhalation at the scene and transported them to a nearby hospital.’
