Aircraft in the time of infection

"The Cartersville, Georgia, aviation firm led by brothers Mark and Dent Thompson specializes in military training and communicable disease transportation, so its aviators and medical personnel were well-prepared for a communicable disease crisis half a world away...."

"A 40-foot-long, 8-foot-wide, and 8-foot-tall room that weighs 25,000 pounds slides inside the nose of a transport jet and can accommodate four patients in isolation and six medical attendants. “Think of a CBCS as a self-contained system the size of a tractor trailer container,” explained Dent Thompson. “The only thing it will fit inside on the commercial side of aviation is a Boeing 747-400,” with 12 inches to spare between the containment device and the fuselage, which is loaded in from the aircraft’s hinged nose."

Get ready to fly

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