D Ramapriya  wrote in
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> On Jan 19, 9:26 pm, Bertie the Bunyip  wrote:
>>
>> No, by "Cabin" I mean the portion of the airplane that
the people sit
>> in. 
>>
>> The pressurisation for almost all jets comes form the turbine
>> section. Several engines, most notoriously, RB211s, leak engine oil
>> into the turbine section where; it's heated, pyrolised , and then
>> injected in a fine mist into the cabin where it causes nerve damage
>> to the occupants. All jet engines do this to some degree or other. RR
>> engines, particularly the RB211 and particularly the early engines,
>> inject lots and lots of this into the cabin.
>> Nice.
> 
> 
> I don't believe this, in the oh-so-particular aviation industry! Why
> hasn't (a) anyone made a noise about it and (b) this affected people
> adversely yet?
> 

Well, there is some noise being made about it, but not enough. 
Governments could fall over theis ( particularly the British one) and it 
would devastate the aivaition industry. 
It has affected people. Lots of them. Mostly pilots. Lots and lots have 
been grounded by exposure to engine oil fumes. 
> 
>> It's a huge problem worldwide. It's barely discussed in the US....
>> The ramifications for the industry if this is ever looked square in
>> the eye are mindblowing.
>> Boeing have gone with a seperate blower for the 787 because of this
>> problem.
> 
> 
> But if it was really such a problem, and considering that jets have
> been around for > 40 years now, there should've been a name against
> some sort of sickness that this causes.
> 
> Quite disturbing, truth to tell. Thanks for the erudition :)

More for me than you, man! 


Bertie
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