Even on a plane, there are many places where infection-causing germs can hide. This is the small toilet, which is used for hours by up to a hundred people, or the tray table in front of the seat, where there are people eating and there are people changing their diapers. But there is also a place that is much dirtier and dirtier than this, according to flight attendants. Where do you think it could be?
To decipher it, we will help you a lot If you have already booked a seat on the plane, then you do not have to go far from there to get to the “guilty” seat. literally He will be there at arm’s length. You won’t even guess what it will be.
This is the dirtiest part of the plane
On a Reddit forum, someone asked the flight attendant to say What are the disturbing secrets Which is hidden from the passengers anyway, but it wouldn’t hurt if they knew. The former hostess advised the interlocutor to never use and never do anything In the pocket on the backrest of the seat in front of you.
The reason for this is that although the trash is taken out of the seat pocket, this Tight little storage is never sanitized.
Some people use the tray table on the seat in front of them for more than just eatingBraunS/Getty Images Hungary
Can you imagine what could enter this place? Everything that you don’t want to hold in your hands, or don’t want to contact in any other way. The flight attendant listed some of the “treasures” she found while cleaning out the seat pocket. stuck in his hand Dirty tissue paper, used bag, underpants, socks, chewing gumHalf-eaten snacks and apple wedges. After that, it’s really best to think twice about putting your mobile phone, laptop, newspaper or book in the seat pocket in front of you.
Good advice: don’t sleep with your head against the plane window
Passengers on planes are basically like bacterial colonies. One in just eight hours coli cells can become a colony of more than 12 million cells. There are probably more pathogens on our tray in front of us than on a toilet seat or mobile phone.
For example, a study revealed that several thousand colony-forming units of bacteria can adhere to a tray table per square centimeter.
Good to know, just for comparison On cell phones, on the other hand 27-30 CFUs per square centimeter were detected.
But also for the hostess warns us Let’s take off our shoes on the plane Or wearing shorts while flying, because that way we give ourselves ample opportunity to pick up unwanted bacteria.
We better not take our shoes off on the planeGhislain Marie David de Lossy / Getty Images Hungary
In addition, it is not recommended to sleep on the plane either, especially not like that We lean our heads against the window. Why? Because we can’t know how many people and what they used to hold or wipe the window.
This is how we can protect our health while flying
However, according to experienced flight attendants and airline passengers, there is a proven way to protect yourself from germs while flying. They advise us to carry it with us at all times antibacterial wipes containing alcohol, Which actually kills bacteria. If we use this to wipe down the tray table, seat belt handle, armrest and headrest button, as well as the area around window and air vents, we have a much better chance of avoiding getting sick.
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