Ban Inflight Alcohol? New Research Says Drinking On Planes Could Trigger Heart Attacks
There was a push three years ago to have the federal government ban airlines serving alcohol on planes. It didn’t go anywhere, but a new study has thrust this back onto the agenda.
German researchers from the Institute of Aerospace Medicine found that drinking alcohol on flights and then sleeping increases risk of heart attack.
- The study looked at 48 people, between the ages of 18 and 40
- They compared sleep on the ground to sleep in the air, and sleep without alcohol and sleep after alcohol
- The 24 people who drank alcohol in simulated flight conditions “experienced the most heightened heart…