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Airlines should monitor air quality during all flights over concerns about illnesses caused by being exposed to contaminated cabin air, a union has said.

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Unite announced it had set up a helpline for its cabin crew members to report any incidents of so-called aerotoxic syndrome.

The union is pressing for a public inquiry into the health effects of any “fume events” on airliners.

General secretary Len McCluskey said the union was campaigning to make sure aerotoxic syndrome did not become a “silent killer”.

(Press Association)