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Are small airplanes safe with regards to COVID-19 transmission?

Author(s) -

Charlotte E. B. Saretzki,

Ole Bergmann,

Peter Dahmann,

Frank Janser,

Jona Keimer,

Patricia Machado,

Audry Morrison,

Henry Page,

Emil Pluta,

Felix Stübing,

Thomas Küpper

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taab105

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , social distance , airborne transmission , transmission (telecommunications) , aeronautics , betacoronavirus , coronavirus infections , infection risk , personal protective equipment , disease transmission , virology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications , computer science , disease , outbreak , engineering

Social distancing is impossible in small aircrafts but there is a specific, highly effective ventilation system. Measurements proved that there is no crossflow between pilot, copilot and backseaters. Terefore the risk of infection should be very low.

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