Modern aircraft fly at an altitude of 10 km, where the air temperature drops to -50 °C. Given these well-known data, many passengers must have wondered: what happens to our suitcases in the luggage compartment? This issue is especially relevant when transporting food or medicines.
Don't worry, your things won't freeze: the luggage compartments of modern liners are heated. For example, the average temperature in this compartment for Boeing is +15…+20 °C, for Airbus it is +20…+25 °C.
Even in Soviet aircraft, which are almost gone in the carriers' fleets, the temperature in the luggage compartments is maintained at about +12 °C. you will not meet in civil aviation.
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