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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 6:28 am
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lnixon
 
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Originally Posted by appfly
Why can't the ventilation in the planes run on electricity when the plane is "connected" to the gate?
I'm not an aircraft mechanic, but I believe electricity doesn't come into it. The plane ventilation systems use pressurized bleed air from the engines or APU; you can't really run it on electricity.

However, you can hook up external air conditioning feeds to gate-side planes. They look like fat yellow hoses. I have no idea how common they are in our part of the world, though.
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