It is difficult to say. I believe, had all the other crew become incapable of doing so, that I probably would have under difficult conditions. It may not have been a smooth landing, but I still believe that probably there was that capability. … I was able to assist the first officer with the rest of the approach and supporting him, mainly in the selecting of the flap position as the approach was conducted. 21
5.27 Captain Kolver was asked whether he was aware of any other pilot who had to hand over control of his aircraft due to fumes. Captain Kolver replied:
Not to my knowledge. I am not aware of any other pilots in our company that were affected. 22
5.28 There are four other incidents, three in Australia and one in Sweden, which the Committee has become aware of where pilots or co-pilots of BAe 146 aircraft in were affected by fumes while flying the aircraft. These effects appear to have had some potential to cause affected flight crew to become incapacitated.
5.29 Nevertheless, it should be noted the affected flight crew during the three incidents were able to control and land their aircraft. In addition, a recent incident on a flight from Perth to Port Hedland in WA is also discussed. This incident - involving the entry of fumes into a BAe 146 passenger aircraft - did not apparently affect air crew.
1 29 October 1997 - Hamilton Island incident
5.30 The following is an extract from an Occurrence Brief prepared by BASI dealing with an incident which took place on a BAe 146 on 29 October 1997:
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