Can flying make you sick?

By Michael Gebicki
Updated February 22 2017 - 9:18pm, first published 8:21pm
Plane toilets  and tray tables contain germs and bacteria that can make you sick. Photo: iStock
Plane toilets and tray tables contain germs and bacteria that can make you sick. Photo: iStock

The idea of aircraft as flying germ incubators where every surface is crawling with nasties, where you're breathing air that has just come from the lungs of the guy coughing and sneezing in the row behind is deeply troubling for some flyers, but is it really as bad as all that? Why do we stress about travelling on planes when most of us think nothing of commuting on a tram, bus or train?

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