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Business News of Sunday, 12 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Why social distancing is not practiced inside aircrafts - Hadi Sirika

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The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has explained why social distancing is not practiced inside aircrafts amid coronavirus pandemic.

Sirika stated that the cabin of aircrafts are safer than any hospital because of the purifying proceedures carried out.

The Minister stated this during a simulation return flight to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.

He said, “Because of the nature of the airplane, the airplane is hygienic enough once you have your mask, you are safe to remain seated on your seat and where possible, we will keep the distance.

“Airplanes are designed in such a way that the ambient air at altitudes is clean. It is not contaminated. The air is dropped in the aircrafts, pressurised and because of pressurization, the temperature of the air goes up to 200 degrees which is twice boiling water and there is no bacteria or virus that can survive it and it is suddenly cooled to about 2 degrees centigrate and then it is passed to a filter.

“Passing through the filtration system ensures that every single organism is screened and then it is passed to the cabin and once it is passed through the cabin, it comes from the ceiling downwards.

“So, it is not coming from the cockpit to the rear, it is from the ceiling downwards and it drops on the floor and gets circulated.

“With this mechanism in place, everything will be safe provided that we are decontaminating the airplane before we enter and decontaminating after we leave and also cleaning all the possible surfaces that one will touch.”