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Why you should never wear shorts or skirts on a plane, according to a flight attendant
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You never know what happened on that airplane — and, according to flight attendants, you probably don’t want to know. Singapore Airlines claims to carry out deep cleanings every month; British Airways, around every 500 flight hours, according to Simple Flying ; while American Airlines confirmed to One Mile at a Time in 2023 that theirs occur every 45 days.
Longtime flight attendant said she’s witnessed some ‘diabolical’ things happen on planes The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers. “I am letting you know, from a flight attendant, the amount of things I have seen on the seat,” she said in a TikTok video.
“It is never ever water on the floor in the lav,” she noted, “and your socks are like two big sponges, babe. He noted that all airplanes also receive a deep clean, which he described as a “detail clean, much like you would see performed on a car.
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- Longtime flight attendant said she’s witnessed some ‘diabolical’ things happen on planes The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers.
- “I am letting you know, from a flight attendant, the amount of things I have seen on the seat,” she said in a TikTok video.
- He noted that all airplanes also receive a deep clean, which he described as a “detail clean, much like you would see performed on a car.
- Singapore Airlines claims to carry out deep cleanings every month; British Airways, around every 500 flight hours, according to Simple Flying ; while American Airlines confirmed to One Mile at a Time in 2023 that…
- “It is never ever water on the floor in the lav,” she noted, “and your socks are like two big sponges, babe.
- You never know what happened on that airplane — and, according to flight attendants, you probably don’t want to know.
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