US studies show people living under concentrated flight paths have a higher level of pulmonary infections, especially in children.
Gatwick Airport demands planes climb steeply to 3000ft before starting to level off. This is to minimise carbon emissions over residential areas.
The planes travelling over Riverton are sometimes as low as 2200ft. We have to get some sort of policies set for Perth airport and the flight paths need to be fanned so the emissions are not concentrated over one area.
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