Lufthansa and co. are testing a special filter

Easyjet is not the sole leader in terms of cabin air. German airlines to go the Problem is also with Filters.

Easyjet leaves from the American Filter manufacturer Pall, a new air purification system for your aircraft to develop. The system is designed to prevent the most about the engines is gained from the cabin air can carry under certain circumstances of toxic fumes in the cabin. What Other airlines think of the initiative?

"Despite the current scientific studies, which show that the air on Board is safe, been testing the Lufthansa Group for over a year, various methods, such as special Hepa/activated carbon filter or checks for the appropriate sensor technology", explained a spokeswoman for the airline. In may 2016, Germanwings has started, the entire fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft with such a Filter for the air circulating in the cabin equip. They are also available from the company Pall.

Filter with glass fiber and carbon

Lufthansa Technik has also developed a measurement kit for the detection of substances and their concentration in the air in the Cockpit and cabin. "To be able to results scientifically validate, before we investigate by means of the already widely used measurement case the cabin air and after installation of this Filter," says the spokeswoman, and is supplemented with the views of Easyjet: "is the media currently mentioned Hepa/active carbon filter technology, Lufthansa, the manufacturer is also in contact."

Hepa Filter stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air. These are HEPA filter, which filters for example dust, bacteria, Pollen and aerosols from the air, mostly by using glass fiber mats. Activated carbon filter or a Carbon Filter to work with activated carbon and can filter out odors, but also toxic chemicals from the air. Hepa and activated carbon filters are also used in combination.

Also, Condor and Tuifly test

In the name of the airlines Condor and Tuifly, the German Federal Association of the German air traffic economy BDL answered. The Association and the members were on the topic of cabin air filters for several years in dialogue with aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers and producers of Oils, Sensors and Filters. "Currently a member of airlines including Hepa, with all the BDL-/active carbon filter on aircraft tested," the Association – Lufthansa, Tuifly, Condor and Air Berlin.

The air in the cabin and in the Cockpit is obtained in the case of most of the aircraft on the engines. The term bleed is. Burns Triebwerksöl, it may be that toxic fumes with the nerve poison TCP. This can be reached via the bleed air in the passenger compartment. However, the opinions about whether it is even long-term health, as a result of contaminated cabin air damage.

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