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‘Witches’ cauldron’: Coughing dummies help track viruses on planes – Sydney Morning Herald
For the past four months, United Airlines and Boeing have been flying around jetliners loaded with mannequins, aerosol sprays, sensors and scientists in an effort to understand how contaminated air moves through passenger planes.
If the findings can show how likely it is for a passenger to be infected by breathing the air on a plane, “it’ll probably drive some policy decisions”, said Mike McLoughlin, Zeteo’s vice-president of research.
Reassuring flyers
Airlines have sought to reassure the public that flying is safe by implementing an array of onboard cleaning and disinfecting procedures, requiring face masks in the cabin and improving ventilation and filtration systems. But they haven’t been able to show what, precise…
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