A new study has revealed that airline passengers and cabin crew could be breathing in toxic and potentially deadly fumes while travelling on airplanes. German scientists say they have found dangerous chemicals and volatile compounds from burning aircraft fuel in the blood samples taken from people aboard planes. The chemicals, known as organophosphates, form the basis of many insecticides, herbicides, and nerve agents. Dailymail.co.uk reports: Most aircraft recycle around half of the air inside the cabin while other air is drawn in through the engines – often without passing through filters. Leaks in the engines can cause this air to become contaminated with anti-freeze, oils and kerosene. Known as ‘fume events’, sickness in passengers and aircrew have been recorded since the 1950s. One such event was implicated in the death of a British Airways co-pilot Richard Westgate, who died in 2012 after suffering a condition called aerotoxic syndrome. The 43-year-old had complained of suffering from persistent headaches, nausea and chronic fatigue and he claimed this was caused by fumes in the cockpit. A study conducted following his death found that air in cockpits was being contaminated by contained organophosphates and other chemicals. Now a new study by scientists at the University of [...]