Boston: Aircraft flying above North America and Europe are emitting pollutants that are poisoning the air in India and China, and resulting in deaths of thousands of people in these Asian nations, a new study has said.
The study led by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says airplanes flying at a cruise altitude of around 35,000 feet emit pollutants that contribute to about 8,000 deaths per year globally.
Due to high speed winds that flow east, air pollution caused by planes flying over North America and Europe is adversely impacting air quality in India and China, it said.
Nearly 3500 people -- almost half of the global number -- die in India and China due to this air pollution. Air travel is heaviest above North America and Europe.
\"Even though the amount of fuel burned by aircraft over India and China accounts for only 10 per cent of the estimated total amount of fuel burned by aircraft across the globe, the two countries incur nearly half - about 3,500 – of the annual deaths related to aircraft cruise emissions,\" the study said.
The research provides the first estimate of premature deaths attributable to aircraft emissions at cruise altitudes.
30/09/10 ExpressIndia
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