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Fume event

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Oct 8, 2026

Andrew HerrGUEST
12:49
So that's one.
Andrew HerrGUEST
12:51
The second one is what's called fume events.
Andrew HerrGUEST
12:54
So because the air is coming in through the engine, if there's any burning of engine oil or other things, then some of that can get sucked into the air.
Andrew HerrGUEST
13:05
And you might imagine that the oil used in a high bypass gas turbine that flies a tin can through the air at 100 miles an hour is not like Crisco.
Andrew HerrGUEST
14:04
And so suddenly, if you multiply it by the 10 plus million flights, that's thousands of flights per year.
Andrew HerrGUEST
14:12
There's a lot of people on each flight.
Andrew HerrGUEST
14:14
So suddenly, tens of thousands of people in the US alone are getting exposed to these fume events.
Andrew HerrGUEST
14:19
And now not all of them are probably burning the worst stuff like I mentioned, that engine oil that may have organophosphates.

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