Here's how cabin air is circulated, filtered, and refreshed throughout most of today's aircraft.
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While it’s true that the germs which cause colds and flu can be passed from person to person through coughs and sneezes, research indicates that you need to be sitting very close to a sick passenger—usually within two rows—and for longer than eight hours to significantly increase your chances of contracting an illness.
Skyscrapers rising in Abu Dhabi. The emirate is in the middle of a 208 billion dollar makeover funded by oil production expected to last another century. Dubai's oil, by contrast, will run out by 2015.Susan Hack, Condé Nast Traveler's...
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