Air quality in passenger cabins of DC‐9 and MD‐80 aircraft

Abstract The air quality in the passenger cabins of DC‐9 and MD‐80 aircraft has been studied on 48 representative flights. A portable air sampling case was used. No observations of health effects were made. The average levels of the components related to environmental tobacco smoke, were for respirable suspended particles 60, 250, 160 and 220 g/m3; for nicotine 5, 41, 21 and 32 g/m3; and for carbon monoxide 0.6, 1.1, 0.8 and 1.1 ppm in Business Non‐Smoking, Business Smoking, Tourist Non‐Smoking and Tourist Smoking sections respectively. The levels of carbon dioxide and relative humidity were about 1300 ppm and 25 percent in all sections respectively.

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