The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is encouraging air carriers to review their odor, smoke and/or fumes procedures to ensure that crewmembers appropriately address “benign odor events” and toxic smoke, odor and fumes anomalies to limit exposure of passengers and crew.
In Safety Alert for Operators (SAfO) 18003, issued last week, the FAA said it intended to “identify a need to enhance flight crew procedures that mitigate the risk to passengers and crew.
“In-flight odor, smoke and/or fume events can occur without overt visual and/or olfactory cues. To mitigate adverse health consequences to passengers and crew, prompt and decisive action is critical.”
The SAfO said that air carriers should review their procedures and checklists, paying particular attention to methods of identifying and mitiga…
