You can’t smoke on the plane. But if you go back a few decades ago, smoking on an airplane is as common as drinking water and eating. As recently as the 1980s, there were still ashtray compartments on planes in many countries, and the staff would ask you if you smoke when you change your boarding pass. If you say smoking, then you may get five small packs of cigarettes as a "snack."
Looking at old photos in Western countries, there are often pictures of upper-class people swallowing clouds in the cabin. Even the flight attendants will light a cigarette for entertainment when they are bored or tired. In those years, no one thought it was wrong to smoke in the cabin, but instead thought it was wrong not to smoke.
However, with the occurrence of a series of air crashes, people gradually realized that smoking on an airplane may kill themselves and everyone. On July 11, 1973, on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris from Rio Grande, Brazil, a passenger threw unextinguished cigarette butts into a trash can and caused a fire. The plane was burning in the air, and some witnesses thought it was a missile launched by an enemy country. In the end, the plane crashed at Paris Orly Airport, and 123 people (128 people in one case) died in the crash caused by small cigarette butts.
And this crash did not cause much disturbance. Although all Brazilian airlines have completely banned smoking in the cabin due to the incident, other countries disagree, even developed countries such as Japan. Did not attract special attention.
On December 24, 1982, when Civil Aviation Flight 2311 was about to arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, a passenger threw an unextinguished cigarette butt in the seat Under the seat, cigarette butts ignited the seat, causing smoke to spread. After the plane landed in an emergency, an open flame appeared in the cabin, and the cabin door could not be opened due to a malfunction. In the end, 25 passengers were killed and 33 passengers were burned.
Since then, air disasters caused by smoking have emerged in an endless stream all over the world, gradually attracting attention. By 1993, almost all flights in all countries banned smoking in the cabin, but some international flights, in order to take care of passengers, specially planned smoking areas, so that passengers who are addicted to cigarettes can enjoy the beauty of cigarettes.
In 1998, an American passenger named Hansen was allergic to second-hand smoke when he was flying on Olympic Airlines, so he asked to change seats. Even if the smoking area is well sealed, the smell of smoke will pass into the cabin. After several requests to change seats to no avail, Hansen developed an allergic reaction and died after emergency treatment failed. Hansen's family fought Olympus Airlines for 6 years, and finally received 700,000 US dollars in compensation.
In view of this lawsuit, the airlines simply canceled the smoking area. Passengers can only survive the smoke addiction. As of 2000, all airlines around the world, except Cuba, implemented a smoking ban on aircraft. The reason Cuba is so stubborn is because they worry that no one will buy their Cuban cigars, so they have not implemented a smoking ban. In 2014, because a passenger accidentally burned other passengers while smoking a cigar, Cuba had to announce a smoking ban on flights.
Although passengers are not allowed to smoke in the cabin, pilots in most countries are not affected by the smoking ban and they can comfortably in the cockpit Frankly dangling the cigarette "beautiful". The reason why pilots are not banned from smoking is to prevent the pilots from being unable to smoke for a long time, which may affect their concentration and present symptoms such as mood swings.
But with the continuous improvement of safety awareness, drivers have begun to be restricted from smoking. Some countries have gradually cancelled the "preferential treatment" for drivers, even electronic cigarettes are not allowed.
Just last year, there was an accident caused by smoking an electronic cigarette. Last July 1Flight CA106 on the 3rd, because the co-pilot smoked electronic cigarettes, in order to prevent smoke from entering the cabin, he wanted to turn off the circulation fan but turned off the air conditioner by mistake, resulting in oxygen deficiency in the cabin. The co-pilot lost his high-paying job due to the incident, and even the captain lost his job.
Although we often see news reports about air crashes, so far, airplanes are still the safest and most reliable means of transportation, so don't worry too much.
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