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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 1744385" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>Just to clarify an often repeated myth about traveling with airplanes:</p><p>The checked-in luggage kept in the airplane's cargo hold bay is both pressurized and temp controlled at all times!</p><p>Lowest temperature in any commercial airplane cargo area is 5 degrees Celsius. (OK, I only count on those companies that are security approved to fly in Europe and North America..) Most even keep it at minimum 18 degrees Celsius. Reason being many, but also consider the "live" cargo they often carry (pets, live animals for restaurant menus, etc). Most of the larger wide-body aircrafts also have galley facilities in the cargo hold area that flight attendants have to access during flight. The Airbus airplane range can technically adjust their cargo hold temperature between 5 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees. Their flight instructions uses the default setting of minimum 15 degrees. As it is, the cabin air is being reconditioned through the vent shafts and then blown into the cargo hold area. So yes, typically degrees below the cabin but never freezing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 1744385, member: 185674"] Just to clarify an often repeated myth about traveling with airplanes: The checked-in luggage kept in the airplane's cargo hold bay is both pressurized and temp controlled at all times! Lowest temperature in any commercial airplane cargo area is 5 degrees Celsius. (OK, I only count on those companies that are security approved to fly in Europe and North America..) Most even keep it at minimum 18 degrees Celsius. Reason being many, but also consider the "live" cargo they often carry (pets, live animals for restaurant menus, etc). Most of the larger wide-body aircrafts also have galley facilities in the cargo hold area that flight attendants have to access during flight. The Airbus airplane range can technically adjust their cargo hold temperature between 5 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees. Their flight instructions uses the default setting of minimum 15 degrees. As it is, the cabin air is being reconditioned through the vent shafts and then blown into the cargo hold area. So yes, typically degrees below the cabin but never freezing. [/QUOTE]
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