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Would it help to replace the overhead lights with UV lights? Not necessarily for use when someone's in the seat, but also to blast in-between flights before th
by symplee 7y ago
Would it help to replace the overhead lights with UV lights?
Not necessarily for use when someone's in the seat, but also to blast in-between flights before the next batch comes on.
- therealcamino 7y agoI don't think the main concern is virus particles left over from previous flights. It's the person sitting within 3-5 rows of you for 2 hours during your own flight.
- smileysteve 7y agoThey're already fogging disinfectant between flights with most carriers
- LeoPanthera 7y agoThe level of UVC required to kill viruses would also cause sunburn and arc flash[1] in minutes. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photokeratitis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photokeratitis You could run it when the plane was empty, but if you're going to do that, you might as well just put the lights on a cart and push it through the plane.
- buck4roo 7y ago222nm (far uvc) is effective, studied, and has zero health hazards https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552051/
- thombat 7y agoVery interesting report! Do you have information on how common materials such as plastics and clothing fabrics respond to a germicidal level of UVC?
- asdfadsfgfdda 7y agoStrong UV will damage plastics in the interior. Instead, the airlines have started using an electrostatic sprayer to decontaminate planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1gdRYpI1LU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1gdRYpI1LU