You Should Turn on Air Conditioning in the Aircraft Cabin

Smooth air circulation that can reduce the impact of toxic substances and viruses of airborne diseases

Traveling by plane - Image Credit L Priyanti

Health in aircraft cabins is something that is often overlooked by many passengers of aircraft, especially the tourists who travel a lot. Of course there are many reasons, but no one argues when using an airplane is more practical, because it gets faster to the destination.

You also know that in an air journey there is always a disturbance of comfort, you may have experienced turbulence situations in bad weather until the situation where the narrow distance between the benches.

This time there are other adverse effects that may be an interesting issue, namely health effects, as quoting the sites CNN Indonesia, September 4th, some of the passengers may be worried, because of the alleged existence of toxic substances and viruses of airborne diseases in the aircraft cabin.

As conveyed by aircraft manufacturers, aircraft cabins are airtight concept, so the air circulation does not surf the car or train. But they provide a good solution, there are several ways to avoid exposure to toxic substances or viral diseases while in flight.

The best advice is to turn on the air conditioner on the bench, according to an excerpt from the sites Travel and Leisure, according to the article said to reduce the possibility of passengers being exposed to toxic substances and viral diseases.

Of course this can be ascertained through a study of Lahey Medical Center Massachusetts presented by one of the researchers, Mark Gendreau.

"A person can be exposed to a virus by breathing in air in a room with closed air circulation, and by continuing to turn on air conditioning during flight, the old air inside the cabin mixes with the new air, so the possibility of toxic or disease-less viruses is less."

According to him, that cold air also minimizes the possibility of the disease virus proliferating, which usually results in passengers experiencing sinus or other respiratory disorders.

Gendreau further said, air conditioning can not kill the virus 100 percent disease, because the aircraft cabin circulation system is designed closed.

In other words, let's say there are passengers who are coughing or running cold and sitting between the second and fifth lines, the passengers nearby still have a great chance of getting infected.

There are still more powerful ways to deal with this, with a mask covering the nose and mouth can be a solution to avoid it, also by bringing an extra jacket or blanket if necessary.

But. The best way of course with anticipation before the trip, you can just add vitamin intake to strengthen the immune system before traveling by airplane.

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Source: CNN Indonesia, Travel and Leisure
Image: L Priyanti