OC Transpo driver sent to hospital after exhaust leak on new double-decker bus

According to the article from Ottawa Citizen, the driver was sent to the hospital due to inhaling exhaust fumes (possibly carbon monoxide) leaked into the new double-decker bus

Quoted from the article:


"The gaskets fail “during extreme operating temperatures,” the transit service’s general manager told his bosses in a memo Friday morning. This has likely been a problem since OC Transpo took delivery of the buses earlier this fall, but things were particularly bad on one bus because of an “issue” with its turbo-charger.
Both the turbo-charger and the buses’ emissions-control systems (which burn exhaust at very high temperatures to get rid of contaminants right before blowing it out into the air) use heat and pressure, and the combination of flaws in both at the same time likely sent dangerous amounts of fumes into one bus, sending its driver to hospital...."

I wonder had such similar incident been reported in Hong Kong & in the UK with the newer Enviros.  

Below is the link of the full news article.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Exhaust+leaked+into+buses+Transpo+admits/7559939/story.html








[ 本帖最後由 art0925 於 2012-11-18 01:19 編輯 ]

not heard of such incidents in HK

原帖由 gurubb 於 18-11-2012 14:43 發表
not heard of such incidents in HK

始終有排控嘅巴士尚佔少數，而且驗車都算密，
同時歐洲出口應該會做得好過本地用，所以香港好少發生公共汽車缺陷嘅問題(除咗嗰款車係香港做始啟/專為香港而設)。

I'm surprised this was happening in the new OC Transpo buses, but never happened before in other orders for US and Canada.

原帖由 AVW21 於 2012-11-18 16:25 發表

始終有排控嘅巴士尚佔少數，而且驗車都算密，
同時歐洲出口應該會做得好過本地用，所以香港好少發生公共汽車缺陷嘅問題(除咗嗰款車係香港做始啟/專為香港而設)。 ...

These buses were exported from UK to Canada.  It's the first time this ever happen.

原帖由 AVW21 於 2012-11-18 16:25 發表

始終有排控嘅巴士尚佔少數，而且驗車都算密，
同時歐洲出口應該會做得好過本地用，所以香港好少發生公共汽車缺陷嘅問題(除咗嗰款車係香港做始啟/專為香港而設)。 ...

如果係咁就只可以話係巧合，但應該之後會做得好啲。
當年三叉新車嗰陣都出現過更嚴重嘅燒車個案，之後先做番好佢。

但係而家發現咗三四部有同樣問題，OC Transpo & AD 應該會為批車尋找解決方法。

原帖由 AVW21 於 2012-11-19 18:45 發表
如果係咁就只可以話係巧合，但應該之後會做得好啲。
當年三叉新車嗰陣都出現過更嚴重嘅燒車個案，之後先做番好佢。

始終營運環境唔太一樣嘛, 香港要發生應該都好難

首先, 天氣已經冇嗰邊咁大溫差

第二, 車內始終有一定空氣流動
　車長停留係車內既時間都唔算長, 某 d 車長甚至會開司機位窗
　即使長途線都唔係好耐就會開上落車門

第三, 尾排應該會有好明顯漏氣既情況, 不過未有人中毒前, 應該已經投訴左尾排漏熱氣架喇

以內文推斷, 所謂新 emission control system
應該只係 EGR 加 particulate trapper, 香港大把車都有
* 個人就唔認為等如呢套系統唔安全喇