How to disinfect your plane seat and keep yourself safe onboard – Gulf Today

  • Date: 27-Apr-2020
  • Source: Gulf Today
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How to disinfect your plane seat and keep yourself safe onboard – Gulf Today

As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, airlines are turning to super-strength disinfectants to sanitise planes before flights.. The risk of catching coronavirus through the air in the plane cabin is relatively low, unless you're sitting right next to someone with the disease.. Around 50 per cent of the air in cabins is recirculated, but this goes through air filters similar to ones used in surgical environments before it's pumped back into the plane.. It means that if you're going to catch a bug on a flight, it's likely to be from contact with someone with the virus or from surfaces.. Face masks and gloves are probably not going to protect you onboard a flight..