A little over a week ago a US Airways flight from Venice to Philadelphia diverted to Dublin due to nine crew members becoming sick. That seems a bit odd since it was only crew members and not passengers that became sick, though apparently it was due to some fumes in the galley. Well, just nine…
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N289AY is one of the newest A330s that AWE has it was delivered back in like November of last year. Would be odd for it to already have issues with fumes and cabin leakages.
@BBTphile Probably because they can get more connections for passengers. Flights on AA/BA and also other flights on US to CLT/PHL
Crew must be hitting the good stuff in Venice, as BA cabin crew have been known to do. See Pam Ann at 02:00, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxAgoKi4k0
Thankfully, Pam Ann has a new in-flight uniform, http://pamann.com/
Given the limited information one cannot rule out at this point that the USAir crew are staging a sickout over some issues with management. If true, that is really poor of them since they are causing collateral damage to the other passengers and medics on the ground with ripples down the line.
@SINJim, so given the same "limited information," to use your words, you think it's better to just spew random speculation that has no basis in reality, until evidence actually emerges? Rolling eyes.
An open-minded person will consider all possibilities, even those that may seem remote, until such possibilities can be eliminated with a degree of certainty. This is the process that the NTSB follows.
My post was not without precedent. Here is a link to a reprint from a WSJ article in 1999 that came to mind when I read that the issue occurred twice in a short period of time.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz/1084-tired-pilots-leather-matress.html
Lastly, my post was not made with malice nor with a desire for one outcome or another. Frankly, I am intrigued and hope that the root cause will be identified and rectified.
@Mosteson PAN PAN is a level of distress below (less serious) MAYDAY. Indicates urgent, but not highest need.
@ Andrew, FWIW, some sort of protest by the crew was also the first thing I thought of the first time it happened.
The two most likely explanations, I think are - EITHER:
1. Crew labor action/protest of some sort (I have no doubt they probably have plenty of good reasons, but that's beside the point);
or
2. There is a local restaurant in Venice that is a real favorite of the US cabin crews, and they all eat there every chance they get. Food poisoning (quite common, actually).
@Bobo that is what I was thinking food poisoning same departure point, but I also have to agree with you could be crew strike or something odd but then again if it were a sick out wouldn't we see it on more Trans Atlantic both to and from?