Boston incident?

[EMBFA]

A friend of mine is in Boston and just called and said there was breaking news about a Shuttle going to DCA that had to come back due to an odor in the cabin, and the F/As are now in the hospital? Anyone hear anything?

 

[PHX PHLyer]

A friend of mine is in Boston and just called and said there was breaking news about a Shuttle going to DCA that had to come back due to an odor in the cabin, and the F/As are now in the hospital? Anyone hear anything?

Just saw it on the news...

It was a flight from DCA-BOS. Landed in BOS without incident, but both pilots and the 3 crew members complained of feeling sick. They were taken to the hospital. All passengers fine...but apparently all 5 were on a plance into DCA where they complained of an odor...so now they are looking into the plane that they were on before the DCA-BOS leg. The returning BOS-DCA leg was cancelled.

 

[N965VJ]

Nov 5, 2007 12:19 pm US/Eastern | Print U.S. Airways Crew Gets Sick On Flight To Boston
BOSTON (CBS) ― Five crewmembers of a U.S. Airways flight became ill on a flight to Boston on Monday morning.

The airline said the crew was working on Flight 2022, a shuttle from Washington's Reagan National Airport to Boston's Logan Airport when they got sick. The flight landed at Logan without incident. The crew was treated by emergency medical services at the gate.

The five crewmembers were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with symptoms similar to carbon monoxide poisoning, emergency workers told CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston.

No one else on the plane was ill.

A spokesperson for U.S. Airways said the crew was working on a different flight earlier in the day and had complained about a smell on that jet.

It's not clear if that incident was the cause of their illnesses. The airline did not say if the pilot and co-pilot were part of the crew that became ill.

Link

There is also video from the CBS affiliate on the link above.

 

[AAA73Pilot]

Hope the crew will be OK. My prayers go with them.

 

[GoldenRam94]

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14512670/detail.html

More good press for USAir!

If the rumor of the other plane is true, then US will be in the news again later today!

 

[PO'ed PHX Ramper]

OK... I farted, big deal!

Seriously though, good to see they are ok. It could have been a disaster. Ever hear of those stories where they get a defective furnace and the CO2 kills a whole family? not good! 🙁

 

[Twicebaked]

Happened to a friend of mine a few months back. Now, they along with another flight attendant, have been out on OJI with serious illness due to the aircraft.
NOW, the company is suing them claiming it is a previous condition. They were even required to take AIDS tests.

CAN YOU SAY LAWSUIT???????

What a bunch of friggin morons.

Don't get ill on the job, or it will be YOUR fault.

I hope these folks are okay.

 

[leprechaun]

No passengers were ill. Must of been the Holiday Inn buffet.

 

[AAA73Pilot]

BTW. Not to change the subject away from BOS, but whatever happened to the 3 F/A's who got ill and the flight diverted to STL?

 

[700UW]

Five US Airways crew members were taken to a hospital Monday after becoming ill aboard a flight from Washington.

The crew and passengers had complained about a sulfur-type odor after the flight left Ronald Reagan-Washington National Airport, so the flight returned to the airport and the passengers and crew were moved to another plane.

Five crew members still became ill with unspecified symptoms, according to Valerie Wunder, a spokeswoman for US Airways, based in Phoenix.

The crew members were taken to a local hospital after the flight landed in Boston.

They were treated with oxygen after complaining of headaches and nausea, said Boston EMS Lt. Christopher Stratton. Two of them showed symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide, he said.

``I guess there was some question about a malfunctioning oil pump,'' Stratton said, but added that it ``has yet to be determined if that was the initial source.''
None of the 81 passengers on Flight 2022 was affected, Wunder said.

11/05/07 15:28 EST

 

[YVINTERN]

Does anyone know which crew was on this flight?

 

[Hope777]

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/acciden...ia/C_1106_N.txt

 

[Travel Is My Life]

No passengers were ill. Must of been the Holiday Inn buffet.

Funny!! Not to minimize what the crew members experienced, but one has to wonder what truly caused their illness, considering there were no passengers that reported being ill. I'd think if there were an "air quality" issue on the plane that more than just the crew would be ill.