Radiation from flying and Fukushima?

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2011-04-09 06:44

Can someone please answer this question:

Along with the radiation I'm getting from flying coast to coast, what about the radiation I'm getting from the plume as the plane is flying?

Boeing says that their planes use a 50/50 mix of outside unfiltered air with HEPA filtered inside air.

Does this mean that as the plane flies it is ingesting radioactive particles to present to the passengers' lungs?

Should people be wearing masks on long flights?

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yes

Submitted by newport beach houses (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-10 07:40.

yes

no

Submitted by oldport town houses (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-10 08:21.

no

check out this link about passengers gettings sick on flight AA

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 07:58.

http://consumerist.com/2011/04/american-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-...

there was a recent American

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 07:55.

there was a recent American Airlines flight where 6 passengers got sick, dizziness, 2 flight attendants passed out, that was when the xenon plume was over the east/midwest, the plane was flying from Washington DC to Chicoga and had to make an emergency landing over Ohia. One woman had an asthma attack. To me there is no doubt what this was. Yet the media is mum about this
I think there is an article on radiationfears.com about this AA flight 2 days ago.

Radioactive Gas

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 09:23.

There are literally hundreds of flights over the US daily. It seems very unlikely that IF a plume of Xenon was somehow concentrated enough to start knocking people out upon contact (effectively impossible) that there would be ONLY ONE flight affected like this.

There is plenty to worry about, but this was not caused by The Plume.

IIRC the passengers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 08:25.

IIRC the passengers interviewed said they smelled fumes. That probably wouldn't have happened if it was radioactive gas. Sounds like a mechanical problem.

Also it was reported that

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 08:41.

Also it was reported that the plane was delayed because the cabin air system was malfuctioning and work crews were in the plane fixing it before takeoff.

I read an article and I am

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-09 07:51.

I read an article and I am trying to find the source saying that during nuclear fallout the risk of the dirty air getting sucked in the plane is high. I am all for a mask. That should be introduced as a precaution. I am still astonished by the lack of suggested precaution implemented by the US agencies, government all to avoid a panic to preserve the economy.