Two sisters who claim to have been sickened by toxic airplane air have filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines.
Valerie and Victoria Vaughns’ lawsuit claims that that one hour into their flight from Los Angeles, passengers began having trouble breathing. The pilot announced had been a malfunction, and as he engaged the engines for a steep ascent, “super-heated air” blew out of the ventilation system and a “mist” appeared to hang in the cabin. The plane made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, and a fire marshal escorted passengers off the plane, the complaint says. (more…)