Hard to believe at one time you could smoke cigarettes, cigars, and pipes on commercial airlines, but yes, you could, crazyness, but yes it happened:scared And how would you like to be on that EgyptAir flight MS804, gee thanks captain for killing us all just so you could have a smoke:facepalm:
- Aurigny Air Services became the first airline to ban smoking entirely on its flights in July of 1977.
- In 1994, Delta was the first US airline to ban smoking on all flights.
- The first North American airline to ban smoking on all their flights was Air Canada (January 1st 1990).
- In March 1995, the United States, Canada, and Australia agreed to ban smoking on international flights traveling between those countries.
- In 1937, an international Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Prague crashed near Herina, Romania after a passenger lit a cigarette in the toilet, causing accumulated avgas fumes to ignite. All 6 occupants (3 crew, 3 passengers) were killed.
- Air Canada Flight 797 (June 1983 - Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Montr?al–Dorval International Airport) developed an in-flight fire in air around the rear lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the plane with toxic smoke. The spreading fire also burned through crucial electrical cables that disabled most of the instrumentation in the cockpit, forcing the plane to divert to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Ninety seconds after the plane landed and the doors were opened, the heat of the fire and fresh oxygen from the open exit doors created flashover conditions, and the plane's interior immediately became engulfed in flames, killing 23 passengers who were unable to evacuate the aircraft. The fire in the lavatory was caused by cigarette that was thrown in the garbage.
- A pilot onboard EgyptAir flight MS804 (May 2016) lit a cigarette in the cockpit, causing oxygen leaking from an emergency mask to combust. A total of 66 passengers and crew died when the Airbus A320 which was traveling from Paris Charles de Gaulle in France to Cairo, Egypt crashed into the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete.
- Aurigny Air Services became the first airline to ban smoking entirely on its flights in July of 1977.
- In 1994, Delta was the first US airline to ban smoking on all flights.
- The first North American airline to ban smoking on all their flights was Air Canada (January 1st 1990).
- In March 1995, the United States, Canada, and Australia agreed to ban smoking on international flights traveling between those countries.
- In 1937, an international Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Prague crashed near Herina, Romania after a passenger lit a cigarette in the toilet, causing accumulated avgas fumes to ignite. All 6 occupants (3 crew, 3 passengers) were killed.
- Air Canada Flight 797 (June 1983 - Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Montr?al–Dorval International Airport) developed an in-flight fire in air around the rear lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the plane with toxic smoke. The spreading fire also burned through crucial electrical cables that disabled most of the instrumentation in the cockpit, forcing the plane to divert to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Ninety seconds after the plane landed and the doors were opened, the heat of the fire and fresh oxygen from the open exit doors created flashover conditions, and the plane's interior immediately became engulfed in flames, killing 23 passengers who were unable to evacuate the aircraft. The fire in the lavatory was caused by cigarette that was thrown in the garbage.
- A pilot onboard EgyptAir flight MS804 (May 2016) lit a cigarette in the cockpit, causing oxygen leaking from an emergency mask to combust. A total of 66 passengers and crew died when the Airbus A320 which was traveling from Paris Charles de Gaulle in France to Cairo, Egypt crashed into the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete.
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