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...they? Despite growing criticism, airlines continue to maintain that a busy aircraft cabin poses no greater health risk to passengers than a crowded bus. "We have no interest in playing down or covering up any supposed risks, since our business relies on bringing people to their destination happy and healthy," says Véronique Brachet, a spokeswoman for Air France. Other industry experts point to an absence of conclusive medical links between flying and dying, or even getting sick. "There is no scientifically valid evidence that the cabin environment in commercial aircraft is unhealthful," says Dr. Russell Rayman, executive director...
...unexpected health hazards associated with the skies, it is DVT that has most recently captured public attention. Sometimes referred to as economy-class syndrome, DVT can strike passengers in any section of an aircraft. In some victims the effect of the blood clots might be only a sharp stabbing pain and swelling in the lower leg. In others it might be much more serious - part of the clot may detach itself and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs, where it can cause a fatal obstruction. Last October, British traveler Emma Christofferson, 28, died shortly after flying home from Australia...
...condition itself can be virtually impossible to track. Minor cases may produce no symptoms, while major complications such as pulmonary embolisms can show up weeks after the initial clotting. Immobility may certainly play a role, but to some experts the idea of a special link between aircraft and thrombosis simply isn't plausible: last year in Britain, a House of Lords report focusing on air travel and health issues tied DVT to sitting in a variety of cramped conditions, including cars and trains as well as airplanes...
...British Airways recently introduced a health pamphlet that travelers receive with their tickets. LOT, the Polish airline, will soon include a page of exercises in its inflight magazine. Dutch carrier KLM has launched a special website with health-related information. Airbus reports that buyers of its new A-380 aircraft have expressed an interest in putting treadmills on board, a plan that could raise other safety issues. But some airlines continue to insist that DVT is the responsibility of the customer. "The risk [of DVT] does not concern the ordinary, healthy passenger," says Lufthansa's Bergau. "The flying public should...
...plane relate to the number of emergency exits, not to passenger comfort - even though there are rules defining minimum space for transporting live animals. It's a similar situation with cabin air quality. Rules set by the Joint Aviation Authority, a pan-European coalition that develops regulations on aircraft design and maintenance, stipulate that the cabin must be free of "harmful or hazardous" concentrations of gases or vapors, though it doesn't define them. Similarly, regulations state that passengers must receive "enough fresh air" - although no amounts are specified...