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the air is circulated and filtered in a plane
I remember hearing about a documentary that was meant to come out in March 2000 where an airline industry insider uncovered the outsized incidence of cancer and chronic respiratory ailments among airline crews due to exposure to hydrocarbons. Iirc, they said the air is circulated through the engines and filtered, but the exhaust and grease off-gassing traces from the engine aren’t removed. I recall an interviewer and the documentary producer agreeing it was a very common airplane smell, ‘like dirty socks’.
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Really? Sounds a bit over the top, no?
When I flew to India ages ago they "sanitized" the cabin by opening spray cans with whatever "cleaning stuff" in. Smelled like bathroom detergent. I can't see that being a good thing to inhale on a regular basis
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It's called bleed air and you're referring to aerotoxic syndrome: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotoxic_syndrome
Still disputed but there seems to be plenty of circumstantial/anecdotal evidence
kboy
rhowe
I hear ya. I think the flight itself is fairly safe as the air is circulated and filtered in a plane (don't take my word for it though) but the queuing at the airport def had me thinking. I had to take a day off a few days after I got back being super tired. Slept for 18 hours that day. Dunno if it was travel stress and jetlag catching up or actual covid. Only took me a day to shake it so no big deal either way.