Coronavirus could be killed in aircraft interiors using heat, early results show

AFRL heating a C-17 in experiment to see if temperature could be raised to coronavirus-killing level

Source: US Air Force

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has shown that common ground heaters could be used to raise the temperature of aircraft interiors to levels sufficient to kill the coronavirus and other biological contaminants.

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