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   From: nobody@home.com   
      
   In article , peter@pmoylan.org.invalid   
   says...   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
     Last time we were on a plane transiting through Brisbane and Melbourne   
   airports the cabins were sprayed in both. Just 3 years ago.   
     On a previous trip during a foot and mouth epidemic here, as we   
   disembarked in Darwin, customs required us to unpack all our shoes and   
   remove the ones we were wearing; they were taken away to be cleaned and   
   disinfected. Australian biosecurity is really tight; good thing IMO.   
      
     Janet.   
      
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