From: derek@url.co.nz   
      
   Peter Moylan  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   This was also done for all incoming flights to New Zealand during the   
   1980s and 1990s.   
      
   Insecticide is still used now, but is generally used in ways which are   
   less obvious, and in some cases distressing, for the passengers.   
      
   It sounds like the spraying may still be happening for flights depending   
   on the airline unions attitude towards residual pesticides.   
      
   http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/63785247/inflight-bug-spray-for-nz-flights   
      
   --- Derek   
      
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