Toxic Fumes Blamed For Deaths

Two months before the ping pong match, Weiland had noticed an intense smell of engine oil as he was taxiing his Boeing 767 down the runway at Miami International Airport.

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He aborted the flight, offloaded the passengers and stayed on board to help the mechanics.As the engines ran, the smell came back, along with plumes of a fog deep enough that he struggled to see beyond the first 15 rows.