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   From: peter@pmoylan.org.invalid   
      
   On 2016-Apr-08 05:19, Moe Trin wrote:   
      
   > 1960s - every time I flew into Hawaii from S.E.A. (mainly Viet Nam), at   
   > about 15 minutes before landing, one stewardess would race the length of   
   > the 707-320 with a spray can of some insecticide blasting away, held low   
   > to avoid gagging the passengers. There was a detectable aroma, but it was   
   > not intolerable.  I understood this was done at the orders of the state   
   > of Hawaii, rather than the feds.   
      
   This used to be done for _all_ incoming flights to Australia. (Including   
   from Hawaii, which used to be the standard stop for flights between   
   Australia and the USA.) The smell was pretty strong, and I'm a little   
   surprised that asthmatics survived it.   
      
   I imagine that there's still form of disinfectation going on, but it's   
   probably something more subtle delivered through the air conditioning.   
      
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   Peter Moylan                           http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW, Australia   
      
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