Olympic Airways Flight 417
On 4 January 1998, Dr Abid Hanson, a passenger on Olympic Airways Flight 417 from Cairo, Egypt, via Athens, Greece, to New York City in the United States, died following exposure to secondhand smoke. Hanson, who had a "history of recurrent anaphylactic reactions" and sensitivity to secondhand smoke, had requested a non-smoking seat. When the family boarded the Boeing 747 aircraft in Athens, the people found that the assigned seats were three rows ahead of the economy-class smoking area; there was no partition between the smoking and non-smoking section. The family repeatedly requested a seat further away from the smoking section but the flight attendant, Maria Leptourgou, would not move the passenger to any of the 11 other unoccupied seats on the aircraft. The passenger felt a reaction to
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Olympic Airways Flight 417
On 4 January 1998, Dr Abid Hanson, a passenger on Olympic Airways Flight 417 from Cairo, Egypt, via Athens, Greece, to New York City in the United States, died following exposure to secondhand smoke. Hanson, who had a "history of recurrent anaphylactic reactions" and sensitivity to secondhand smoke, had requested a non-smoking seat. When the family boarded the Boeing 747 aircraft in Athens, the people found that the assigned seats were three rows ahead of the economy-class smoking area; there was no partition between the smoking and non-smoking section. The family repeatedly requested a seat further away from the smoking section but the flight attendant, Maria Leptourgou, would not move the passenger to any of the 11 other unoccupied seats on the aircraft. The passenger felt a reaction to
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On 4 January 1998, Dr Abid Han ...... ater despite his doctor's aid.
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رحلة أوليمبيك إيروايز 417 هي ر ...... لتدخين السلبي على متن الطائرة.
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The SX-OAB Boeing 747 of Olympic Airways, the aircraft involved in the incident.
date
1998-01-04
destination
John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, United States
fatalities
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Olympic Airways Flight 417
operator
origin
Athens, Greece
passengers
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In flight between Athens, Greece, and New York, New York, United States
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Fatal reaction to secondhand smoke
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On 4 January 1998, Dr Abid Han ...... passenger felt a reaction to
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رحلة أوليمبيك إيروايز 417 هي ر ...... لتدخين السلبي على متن الطائرة.
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Olympic Airways Flight 417
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خطوط أوليمبيك الجوية الرحلة 417
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