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The programme investigates the risks of catching infectious diseases on airplane journeys and how airlines are reluctant to co-operate with public health officials. Featured are the cases of two Scottish women who became infected with TB on a transatlantic journey and how a winter virus on a plane infected nearly 200 holidaymakers. Included are contributions from Dr Ronald Stevenson (Glasgow Royal Infirmary), Dr Alfred Lardizabal (US National TB Center), Dr Lee Reichman (US National TB Center), Dr Mark Cotton (Glasgow Royal Infirmary), Dr Sarah Vaway (US Centers for Disease Control), Dr Jack Spengler (Harvard University), Ken Evans (College of Aeronautics, La Guardia Airport), Dr Lutz Bergau (Medical Director, Lufthansa Airlines), Nick Ruston (Retired Aeronautical Engineer), Professor Rodney Cartwright (Consultant Medical Microbiologist), Eric Sclep (Press Manager, Sabena), Dr Mario Raviglione (World Health Organisation), Dr Frank Loock (Institute of Public Health, Brussels), Dr Nicol Black (Consultant in Communicable Disease Control), Dr Sarah O'Brien (Consultant Endochrinologist).