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?


> 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 :)

Ramapriya
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