Chemical alert over fainting passengers.PARAMEDICS were called to meet a plane landing at London Heathrow airport “Heathrow” redirects here. For Heathrow, the village, see Heathrow, London. “LHR” redirects here. For other uses, see LHR (disambiguation). London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL yesterday after several passengers fainted during the flight. Ambulance service staff wearing protective suits were scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. to Terminal Five at around 7am following reports that six people had fainted during the British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. flight from Newark, USA. A spokesman for London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London, England. It is run by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and is the third-largest fire service in the world with nearly 7000 staff of which 5800 are operational firefighters and said it was being treated as a potential hazmat, hazardous materials, incident. A British Airways spokeswoman said: "A handful of passengers on the aircraft fainted during the flight. As a precaution, medical services met the aircraft." Paramedics left the scene at 10am having treated the passengers without the need for hospital admission. |
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