‘Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation,’ says passenger

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    1 year ago

    The air within an airplane cabin is recirculated every five or ten minutes. A real severe peanut allergy would be triggered by anyone on the plane eating peanuts.

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      1 year ago

      are planes cleansed that thoroughly between flights? I assume one would have to worry about who was eating what in the area from a previous flight with an allergy that severe

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        1 year ago

        Living with allergies such as a severe peanut allergy is all about mitigating risk

        In most open areas you can be cautious about what you touch and who you stand near to. In enclosed spaces such as airplanes, the risk is substantial and mitigating it requires as close to an absence of peanuts as possible

        And peanuts are special in how easily they trigger severe reactions. Of all my son’s allergies, peanuts are the one that scare us

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      I would hope the air is filtered before recirculating.

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        1 year ago

        It’s sort of is. But mostly they just mix it with a bit of outside air bumped up to pressure and release the difference, but it’s not really filtered, except in the sense that over time it will be filtered because the contaminated air will eventually all leave.

        I’m sure they have filters like cars have filters but they’re not going to remove micro particles.

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          1 year ago

          That seems extremely stupid when airplanes are already major disease vectors, especially after covid.

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            1 year ago

            Aircraft ironically actually had cleaner air back when they allowed smoking, because they then actually did have to filter the air.

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              1 year ago

              That just sounds like utter bullshit mate