Episode 707 • • 37:30 - 40:46
707: Bandwich
Cockpit Fumes, Hydraulic Leaks, Airbus Engineering Issues
The Airbus A320 has a history of cockpit fume incidents caused by hydraulic fluid leaking into the auxiliary power unit (APU). The hosts discuss how toxic fumes could incapacitate a flight crew, potentially explaining why a pilot might leave the cockpit or fail to respond. They argue that the removal of flight engineers from modern cockpits has increased the risk of unmanaged technical failures.