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This is Your Captain Speaking

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In this documentary, a former airline Captain Tristan Loraine dives deep into what the aviation industry really knows about the quality of the air you breathe in flight. His investigation spans more than 20 years and reveals an aircraft design flaw, known to the aerospace industry since the 1950s. A fail dangerous flaw that allows the breathing air to become contaminated with a complex mixture of chemicals that manufacturers warn you should not breathe. Speaking with experts, he uncovers the health and flight safety consequences of exposure to contaminated air in aircraft, the risks it poses to crews and the travelling public and reveals work he initiated on a new blood test that confirms an exposure. The film reveals undisclosed internal agreements withheld from Government enquiries, secret memos, altered hospital records and key legal battles. Personal stories and first-hand witness accounts from air crew and passengers caught in severe toxic fume events and pilots incapacitated and unable to fly their plane, lead us to ask: why is the air quality onboard aircraft not being continuously monitored when air accident investigators have been calling on the industry to do so for over a decade?

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Sandra Skibsted

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Tristan Loraine

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Synopsis In this documentary, a former airline Captain Tristan Loraine dives deep into what the aviation industry really knows about the quality of the air you breathe in flight. His investigation spans more than 20 years and reveals an aircraft design flaw, known to the aerospace industry since the 1950s. A fail dangerous flaw that allows the breathing air to become contaminated with a complex mixture of chemicals that manufacturers warn you should not breathe. Speaking with experts, he uncovers the health and flight safety consequences of exposure to contaminated air in aircraft, the risks it poses to crews and the travelling public and reveals work he initiated on a new blood test that confirms an exposure. The film reveals undisclosed internal agreements withheld from Government enquiries, secret memos, altered hospital records and key legal battles. Personal stories and first-hand witness accounts from air crew and passengers caught in severe toxic fume events and pilots incapacitated and unable to fly their plane, lead us to ask: why is the air quality onboard aircraft not being continuously monitored when air accident investigators have been calling on the industry to do so for over a decade?
Director
Tristan Loraine, Sandra Skibsted
Producer
Tristan Loraine
Screenwriter
Tristan Loraine
Distributor
Fact Not Fiction Films
Production Co
Fact Not Fiction Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 29, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 46m