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The conclusion of the study, according to Bloomberg, is that travelers who occupied the window seats in the middle part of the economy class cabin had the highest risk of contracting the coronavirus, since most of those affected were sitting there.
The study says that one or more passengers would have contracted COVID-19 previously, on a cruise ship, and boarded flight QF577, an Airbus A330-type aircraft with 243 passengers, which last March covered the route between the Australian cities of Sydney and Perth , which lasts 5 hours, indicates the medium.
The media also points out that those who already brought the virus sat in the center and rear of the aircraft, but the 11 new cases did sit in the middle part, only; and of the 11 passengers mentioned, 7 were sitting in chairs by the window.
Regarding flight safety, the IATA aviation authority assures that the risk of contracting the virus during a flight is 1%: “It is more difficult to contract coronavirus in an airplane than in a shopping center”, quotes the India Express, although it is understood that this entity is one of the parties interested in returning air activity to normal.
In contrast, the Chicago Tribune newspaper highlights the case of a scientist who flew back and forth between San Francisco, California, USA, and Florida to visit his father, and who was infected despite wearing a mask at almost all times , except when he uncovered his face during the flight to “take a sip of water and eat pretzels.”
The man narrates that when the mask was removed he felt relatively safe because he saw that the other passengers were wearing masks.
The US newspaper reports that the main US airlines have not reported a single case of coronavirus infection on their domestic flights but warns that recent studies suggest that airplanes could be major sources of contagion, despite the fact that precisely since March it began to be The use of face masks is mandatory at all times during the flight.
This seems to make sense considering that the majority of the passengers who contracted coronavirus during the Qantas flight they were seated at a distance of 2 rows from the passengers who were already carrying the virus, although one of the new cases was six rows away, says the study cited by Bloomberg.
In its defense, Qantas Airlines says that its protocols to avoid contagion on board are very strict, but admits that it failed to allow those who were already infected with the virus to board, due to not having carried out the respective tests.
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