Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 114152

Aircraft: Air Pollution

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require the installation of real-time cabin air quality monitoring sensors on commercial aircraft operating in the UK.

Answer

Keir Mather
The UK has a well-established regulatory requirement for reporting events that could endanger aircraft outlined in UK Reg (EU) No 376/2014. Fume and smoke events must be reported and are subsequently analysed by specialists working in the Civil Aviation A...

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