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Coronavirus: How safe is it to rise in a plane?

Feb 16,2020 2:48 am

Many airlines are planning to fly, but first you have to>reduce the risks of Covid-19

Virus pandemic was a massive reduction in air travel in the last few months, with daily flights to around 80% since the beginning of the year.

Some airlines have grounded their entire fleets to help while in others the emphasis is on cargo flights, in an effort to supply chains work and make what money you can.

Now, however, many airlines are making plans to get back in the air.

Ryanair , for example, says that it plans, EasyJet is launching a limited service this month, and hopes to fly during the Air France / KLM and Lufthansa will begin a very limited time plans until The End of June. The Hungarian airline Wizz Air has already been the resumption of flights.

In the UK, The Situation is complicated by the introduction of the power to isolate the passengers for Two Weeks after arrival in the Country .

Low-cost airline Wizz Air has flights again

But the passengers can fly safely, or you are in danger of infection?

The Covid-19 coronavirus is still relatively new, so detailed Data as you can an airplane between passengers In Short supply. But previous studies have looked at.

Based on the information available, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in General, trying to have to track down the people sitting in the two rows, and two rows behind the passengers found, to severe infections.

the researchers, from Emory University in Atlanta is trying to model how the passengers and the crew moved about, a plane, and how they influence the transmission of infectious diseases.

"is not transferred to A droplet-mediated respiratory infectious diseases likely to be directly over a metre from the contagious passenger. So, transmission is not limited to a line or back to the infectious passenger is complete," the researchers.

Data such as the Corona Virus may spread between passengers scarce

But in contrast to this is led by the same academics had shown that it is in Real Life , passengers in cases with Sars or influenza, in fact, appeared to have infected A Number of people outside of your immediate area.

your statement was that Some of those who had become ill, infected in The Airport while embarking or disembarking from the aircraft, or by touching contaminated surfaces, rather than by inhalation of infected droplets.

The simulations also suggest that, because of The Cabin staff moved to the plane and had to interact with numerous contacts with other passengers, you number of new infections could generate, and concluded: "it is not essential that the stewardesses to fly when they are sick".

in the Meantime, the health authorities in Canada Say they do not find to have no cases of further infection, according to Two Passengers on a flight from Guangzhou to Toronto Covid-19 found. The Flight had 350 people on Board, and took 15 Hours .

Airbus Chief Engineer Jean-Brice Dumont, argued the air in modern aircraft is very clean

Although many people may think that sitting in a closed room for long periods of time would inevitably the spread of infections, the Chief Engineer in the aerospace giant-Airbus insists that is not the case.

Jean-Brice Dumont argues that The Way modern aircraft are so designed means that the air is very clean. "Every two to three minutes, mathematically, the air is renewed," he says. "This means that 20 to 30 times per hour to renew the air completely. "

Put simply, is collected the air from outside the aircraft, usually by the Motor, and is mixed with the recycled air from The Cabin .

The recycled air, which is again used to hold in part of temperature and humidity to the correct values pass through the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters, similar to those in hospitals. (a Nanometer is a billionth of a Meter) and is 10 nm and higher.

Airbus also the collaboration with the biotech company Koniku on biohazard detection systems to identify Covid-19

Mr Dumont says: "HEPA filters, the norms and the standards that we use in commercial aviation are to the highest standards. They filter 99. 97% of the Particles (small Particles ), the size of the Covid-19. "

the flow of The air itself, he explains, is also designed to minimize The Risk of infection.

"The air flowing vertically. It is blown from the top of the head and evacuated from under your feet. This makes The Level of multiplication, something in the air is very limited. So a passenger from the front row, for example, can not someone to pollute in the line 20. "

But is that enough? This regular flow of air, from top to bottom, change The Path of all air-borne Particles .

Some of the airlines require the passengers to wear masks or disguises

And crucially, while the HEPA are working to do Filter, you can not all the Covid-19-droplets or aerosols capture, before she could inhale them, says Dr. Julian Tang, consultant virologist at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and associate professor at the University of Leicester. He is also one of The Team , which published a study this month, a look.

"does the Filtration only on mass flows of air, most of the Data transmission during a plane journey, this short be face-range-to-face conversations. Close Range aerosol transmission is what you have to be concerned about, on a plane, train or bus - this is the biggest Risk . "

And even if you are further away, is not eliminates The Risk , says Dr Tang. "How long Covid-you can stay 19, airborne, depends on a variety of factors. It varies between different people, it varies depending on the condition of your infection, and you can't Say that all the drops fall to the ground within two meters.

"Some of the smaller droplets can remain suspended and travel up to 16 meters - and they all could carry The Virus . "

Ryanair CEO Michael O 'leary of the British quarantine, says plans are "stupid and unimplementable"

Dr. Tang and his colleagues, that there is increasing evidence for the important role of the air transfer when It Comes to contagious diseases, such as Covid-19, or Mers, Sars and influenza, something they argue, has been overlooked.

But Mr. Dumont believes that simple precautions, such as wearing masks and coughing or sneezing into the elbow, to minimize risks. "I want to be exactly that. We want people to wear masks," he says. This, he claims, combined with the rapid exchange of the air, should minimise exposure.

So, it would have also drawn a rational movement for the enforcement of social distancing on aircraft, for example, by blocking the middle seats - a moving account of Some of the airlines, but described?

"We don't think so," says Mr Dumont. "It is not the reduction in Risk , we believe. "

the virologist Dr. Tang does not agree: "The Problem is that if you are sitting next to someone - 0. 6 meters in the economy, Say , filtered, coughing and sneezing in close proximity, the aerosol is to reach before she has time to filtration system and come back down. "

Meanwhile, The International Air Transport Association (Iata), the airlines, is a detailed, which is presented as a draft to the governments for the re-opening of the industry.

Much of what she has to Say , is not focused on The Flight itself, but to The Time in The Airport where a large number of people could be expected to, come into contact with one another. You want to minimize that time as much as possible.

As a result, it is calling for:

The actual flight is relatively low Risk - and, according to the Iata Vice President Nick Careem, "physical distancing on Board is not necessary".

The focus, he says, should avoid increased and frequent thorough cleaning of The Cabin , as well as measures to the passengers gather in certain areas. Also a ban on the queues for the toilets could.

The Central message, Mr Careem said that "there is no Silver Bullet , no single measure that can prevent an infection".

Dr. Tang, meanwhile, says he would fly with precautions. "If I get on a plane, I get a mask will be worn. It is not 100%, but at least I'll have Some Protection . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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