Frequent air travelling! beware of alighting planes with this unwanted visitors

By allcitynews.ng

If you are one of those that frequently use aircrafts, then you may unaware had taken unwanted visitors along with you from planes.

A report by cleaning expert says bedbugs are ‘more common on planes than people like to admit.

Since fumigation or use of chemical is not allowable in planes, the likelihood of planes becoming bedbug breeding centres is very rampant, according to cleaners.

An Airline flight attendant who gave passengers a security briefing claimed that “Bedbug infestations happen on planes when the insects burrow into various pieces of cloth like seat coverings or the blankets airlines provide on long flights.

Air travel is known for a host of inconveniences: long lines at airports, cramped seats, and seemingly constant delays.

Now, after passengers on several Airlines found bedbugs on their planes, travelers might have to add pests to the growing list of air-travel headaches.

Bedbugs are “more common on planes than people like to admit,” according to Reuven Noyman, owner of NYC Steam Cleaning, which does cleanings for private jets.

From March to October 2024, passengers on at least three Airlines flights found bedbugs on their plane, according to a story first reported in the New York Times.

Like apartment buildings or hotels, bedbugs can be found on planes because they can live on any type of cloth fabric, such as mattresses, clothes, or suitcases.

“You get a lot of bedbugs and dust mites just because people are sitting on fabric,” Noyman said, referencing the covers of airplane seats. “I mean realistically it’s a haven for them.”

Bedbugs are highly transmissible because people don’t often know they have them and can spread them inadvertently. They are also extremely difficult to kill and require extensive treatment, according to Noyman. If they’re found in places like homes or hotels, owners usually fumigate the buildings to ensure they eliminate all the bedbugs. However, that’s not possible to do on a plane because fumigating an aircraft can damage the electrical wiring found throughout the cabin, according to Noyman.

When cleaning a plane, companies like Noyman’s have to rely on steam washing rather than chemical agents to kill bedbugs. “First we do a full vacuuming and detailing of the plane, then we steam wash all the fabrics,” he said.

On the flights, passengers reported finding bedbugs in seats, blankets, pillows, and crawling on the ceiling of the plane, according to the Times.

“Bedbug cases are a general issue occasionally encountered in public spaces, including aircraft,” Noyman confirmed.

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