> An internal Airbus email from 2019 showed staffers debating how best to address a request from American Airlines, which had asked for specific data on root causes of fume events. The Airbus team found an internal study conducted over 20 years ago that identified issues with that specific seal.
> “Don’t officially give them the report because it identifies the airline and aircraft etc, and mentions APU load compressor seal oil leakage (back in 2003 !!),” the Airbus staffer wrote, according to the email exchange reviewed by the Journal.
> “Don’t officially give them the report because it identifies the airline and aircraft etc, and mentions APU load compressor seal oil leakage (back in 2003 !!),” the Airbus staffer wrote, according to the email exchange reviewed by the Journal.