Military-Led Study Shows Low Risk of COVID-19 Infection on Commercial Planes

By Newsmax
Posted on 10/16/20 | News Source: MATZAV

A military-led study has shown there’s a low risk for commercial airline passengers to contract an airborne virus like COVID-19 — no matter where you sit.

The study was led by U.S. Transportation Command, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency and Air Mobility Command, and was posted Thursday by Military.com.

According to the military news outlet, researchers found that because of sophisticated air particle filtration and ventilation systems on two types of Boeing aircraft tested —  the 767-300 and 777-200 — airborne particles in the cabins had a very short lifespan.

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