Thu, Mar 24, 2005
One Woman Complains Of Breathing, Skin Problems
Vicki Morris, a 51-year old realtor
who lives in Tampa, FL, was walking her dog Monday night when she
said she heard the all-familiar sound of a jet flying low overhead
as it was on approach to Tampa International. Just a moment later,
Morris said she felt a heavy mist, smelling of kerosene, falling
all around her. She said she couldn't breath, that her skin and
scalp were burned. Now, the FAA is investigating whether an
aircraft on approach to the airport might have dumped fuel over
Morris's neighborhood.
"We will go back to air traffic control. We will double- and
triple-check the radar data," said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
An initial check of traffic landing at Tampa International Monday
night indicates no aircraft was flying over Morris's neighborhood
at the time she was walking her dog, but Bergen said investigators
are on the job.
"We will identify all aircraft in that area, both departing and
landing, within the given time period,'' Bergen told the Tampa
Tribune. "Then we will go back to the airlines to see if they can
provide an explanation. Right now, we have no evidence of any
planes in that area at that time that had dumped fuel or had a fuel
leak.''
Morris said she collected a sample of the mist and has it in a
pill bottle in case the FAA wants to check it out. She also told
the Tribune she's still feeling the effects of what she and her
husband are certain was an illegal fuel dump from above.
"My eyes are really red,'' she told the paper. "My skin is still
tingling, like I want to take three or four showers a day.''
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