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| Incident at Baltimore's BW Airport | |
| 2004-07-16 | |
| Found at Little Green Footballs; see here for their thread on the incident. A passenger apparently vomited onboard a plane just before it landed at Baltimore-Washington International Airport late Thursday night. A Southwest Airlines flight from Houston that was supposed to dock at BWI's Gate C11 was initially reported to have as many as 12 people onboard who were not conscious when the plane landed, WBAL-TV 11 News reporter John Sherman reported. But airline officials told 11 News that one person was passed out on the plane after vomiting. That set off an apparent chain reaction as five others also became ill. The first person refused treatment at the scene after the plane landed, but at least one person was reported to have been transported to a local hospital, 11 News reported. Airline officials believe the illness may be food-related. Fire-rescue crews from Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties responded to the airport, where as many as 20 ambulances were observed, Sherman reported. As many as four Anne Arundel County medic units and at least one Baltimore County medic unit remain on standby status as of 11:30 p.m. Sherman reported seeing two planes possibly on the airport's runway, surrounded by police vehicles. Since the incident, air traffic at BWI has been slow. In fact, Sherman reported at 11 p.m. that he had not seen a plane land or take off from the airport since arriving at the scene. I have no idea whether this is significant or not. I guess we'll find out in the next couple of days.
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| Posted by:Phil Fraering |
| #16 Accepted, Doc8404, and I... oh, oh. *urk-urk-urk... bleagh!* Too late. Sorry about the mess. Pass me the paper towels, or something. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-07-16 3:15:22 PM |
| #15 Try it in an APC - ah. . . the smell of diesel fumes, temperature about 110F, stale sweat, assorted body funk and the guy next to you yakking it up. Boy that's livin'! Apologies Sgt. Mom. |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-07-16 1:50:06 PM |
| #14 Just for curiossity-sake: anybody heard anything about problems with the cabin-pressure? |
| Posted by: Evert Visser in NL 2004-07-16 1:09:18 PM |
| #13 If you've ever been stuck in an enclosed space where someone has just vomited - classroom, van, etc. - you'll understand. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-07-16 12:49:06 PM |
| #12 I have a disasterously low gross-out threshhold--- just hearing someone toss their cookies, and the smell of vomit in a confined space--- sorry, I'd be losing it, too. Actually, I am getting a little queasy just now, just from imagining it.... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-07-16 11:49:58 AM |
| #11 oops..left off the 's' doooh see vomit and spontaneously erupt in vomiting.. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-07-16 11:11:17 AM |
| #10 see vomit and pontaneously erupt in vomiting.. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-07-16 11:10:48 AM |
| #9 Yeap,the smell alone is enough to make me gag. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-07-16 11:02:48 AM |
| #8 Thank God it was just vomit and not explosive diarrhea. I hate that... |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-07-16 10:51:22 AM |
| #7 Gromky, the original 'food poisoning on airplane' movie was "Zero Hour". The comic version was "Airplane". "Airport" was the nut with bomb, pilot with lover movie. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5759 2004-07-16 9:20:51 AM |
| #6 It could also have been a sympathetic reaction. If you've ever smelled puke in a confined space, and listened to someone bringing up their insides, well, it can cause a spontaneous gag reflex. CiT |
| Posted by: CiT 2004-07-16 9:10:47 AM |
| #5 Drudge links a local news story saying it was due to fumes that accumulated in the plane as it sat on the runway overnight. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-07-16 7:53:54 AM |
| #4 Could just be one sick person who unintentionally infected others. But the incubation time seems awfully short for that. OTOH, with the tight recycling of air in modern planes, anything sprayed into the air (viruses? bacteria?) would reach everyone really quickly. sigh. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-07-16 7:46:11 AM |
| #3 I love the press reports that speculate that, "Airport"-style, the passengers became sick after eating the same food. Southwest Airlines doesn't serve food on any of its flights. Talk about clueless reporters...are there any other kind? |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-07-16 5:40:17 AM |
| #2 Improvised emetic device? |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-16 2:33:17 AM |
| #1 Passenger vomitted -- IED? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-16 2:25:52 AM |