
In June NBC News reported that four flight attendants have sued plane manufacturer Boeing, accusing the company of knowing about a defect that allows toxic fumes to leak through the engines and into the cabin – fumes that can cause serious illness.
The air we breathe on most commercial passenger jets is provided to passengers and crews from the compression section of the engine in a process known as “bleed air.” The bleed air is not filtered, and if a seal inside the engine leaks, burning oil can mix with the cabin air. The flight attendants’ attorneys said that happens once a day, somewhere in the world. Read more of this post