Understanding How Disease Is Transmitted via Air Travel: The Aircraft Cabin Environment

To further our understanding of disease transmission at airports and on aircraft, it is important to recognize that the airplane flight is just one phase of the overall travel experience and that disease transmission can occur during all phases of the door-to-door experience. This white paper describes the aircraft cabin environment part of the travel experience and how airplane systems work to provide the air you breathe in the aircraft cabin environment. This paper also addresses items that should be considered for aircraft cleaning and disinfection if a significant disease transmission event occurs.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/163870.aspx
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• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Yu, Jeanne
• Conference:
  • Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: A Synposium
  • Location: Washington D.C., United States
  • Date: 2009-9-17 to 2009-9-18
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 5-7
• Monograph Title: Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Summary of a Symposium
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 47
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Aircraft cabins; Cleaning; Communicable diseases; Disinfectants; Public health; Safety
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01174178
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309142953
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 2010 8:09PM