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This is especially prevalent on the Airbus A320-series aircraft due to the way it's very easy to overfill or spill oil on the APU in a way where the fumes can g
by schmuckonwheels 10mo ago
This is especially prevalent on the Airbus A320-series aircraft due to the way it's very easy to overfill or spill oil on the APU in a way where the fumes can get sucked into the cabin air.
The only commercial aircraft immune to this issue is the B787 because it does not use engine "bleed air".
- jerlam 10mo agoRecently flew on an Airbus, but usually fly on a carrier that only flies Boeings. Upon engine startup, there was a extremely strong "burnt oil" odor going through the cabin. Many people were covering their face with their shirt, trying to filter out the smell. I doubt it did anything because I could smell it through an N95.
- schmuckonwheels 10mo agoAn N95 is fairly ineffective against oil-based contaminants.
- Ancalagon 10mo agoThis is very interesting. What is the physics behind this? Are the aerosolized oil particles small enough or flexible enough to make it through the mask? What is effective PPE for these kind of contaminants? Edit: answered my second question on my own: P100 masks are effective
- gnabgib 10mo agoR95/99/100 (oil resistant), P95/99/100 (oil-proof).. the N in N95 stands for "not resistant to oil". https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/NIOSH_Guide_to_the_Selection_and_Use_of_Particulate_Respirators_Certified_Under_42_CFR_84/I._SUMMARY_FOR_RESPIRATOR_USERS https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/NIOSH_Guide_to_the_Selection_...