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Of course there were smoking and non-smoking sections on airplanes. The same air recirculated through the entire airplane, and the non-smoking section began the
by Stratoscope 5mo ago
Of course there were smoking and non-smoking sections on airplanes. The same air recirculated through the entire airplane, and the non-smoking section began the very next row after the smoking section.
- kortilla 5mo agoAir isn’t recirculated on an airplane. It’s continually brought in from outside the aircraft
- helloplanets 5mo ago50% is recirculated, 50% is from the outside. Before the 80's it was 100% from the outside, though.
- ses1984 5mo agoThat statistic doesn’t mean much. The question is how long does it take for all the air in the plane to be replaced.
- Stratoscope 5mo ago[dead]
- RobotToaster 5mo agoFun fact, the air quality on aeroplanes got worse after they banned smoking, because they could cut costs by re-circulating the same air for longer.
- 7jjjjjjj 5mo agoRecirculated air is still a thousand times cleaner than air with cigarette smoke in it.
- IAmBroom 5mo agoYou are naively assuming the only really dangerous part of recirculated air is nicotine byproducts. Bacteria and virus loads are far more dangerous. Cigarettes take longer than a couple weeks to kill.