Steam from air con?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2016
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Steam from air con?
About to depart from Split and the plane is actually steaming from the top of the baggage racks/above the windows. Never seen this before. I think its the aircon... but cant be sure? Anyone know what it is? Cabin crew dont seem too fussed 😂
#2
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: UK
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Ahh seems like you have a mini weather system in the cabin! Nothing to worry about, it's condensation from the Air Conditioning. The hot air mixed with the cool air makes the steam you see. At least you don't have a waterfall on your head..... yet!
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Even when you know it's just the air conditioning condensation, you cannot but help having a bit of a sniff to make sure...
#9
Join Date: Feb 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL
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Pedant-mode: it's unlikely to be steam (water in gaseous form - at sea-level pressures at 100 degrees C plus); it's more likely to be water vapour (tiny droplets of liquid water suspended in the air which allow you to see steam is present, as well as being water clouds, fog etc. is made of). Steam itself cannot be seen.
#12
Join Date: May 2011
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Pretty common here in San Antonio during the hot humid summer months. Nothing but condensation and not steam.
#14
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Pedant-mode: it's unlikely to be steam (water in gaseous form - at sea-level pressures at 100 degrees C plus); it's more likely to be water vapour (tiny droplets of liquid water suspended in the air which allow you to see steam is present, as well as being water clouds, fog etc. is made of). Steam itself cannot be seen.
#15
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
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I was once at the gate on a flight when smoke started to come out of the vents and there was a smell of burning. Eventually someone went up to the galley to ask about it and a CC member came out from behind a wet towel long enough to tell him that it was just de-icing fluid getting into the heaters and nothing to worry about. Cloud formation in summer is much more common.