World’s first aircraft cabin monitor for toxic air announced

A UK technology startup today announced that it has created the world’s first real-time detector of poisonous compounds in aircraft cabins, particularly those associated with “fume events” or “aerotoxic syndrome”. It is looking to commence field-testing on commercial flights. The announcement of the handheld detector by VN Aerotoxic Detection Solutions Ltd (VN-ADS) follows two years of R&D, positive scientific peer reviews and proof-of-detection demonstrations to aviation industry experts. VN-ADS technical director Prof Jeremy Ramsden said: “For decades there have been claims of toxic fume events aboard the world’s leading passenger aircraft. It isn’t something the industry likes to talk about