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June 13, 2010 4:15 pm
There’s no truth to what you say about recycled air on planes. Contrary to your belief, fresh air is circulated in the cabin from the engine compressors, air conditioned (cooled), circulated through louvers, vents and those eyeball graspers above your seat. After that, about half is sucked out through the bottom of the fuselage; the remainder is run through filters to remove pollutants and particulants and mixed with fresh air again.
The result is that the air in the cabin is cleaner than most public buildings, and it is completely exchanged every 2-3 minutes.
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