Amazing facts about Airplanes
Amazing facts about Airplanes
1. When a plane lands at night, cabin crews will dim the interior lights because in the unlikely event that the plane landing goes badly and passengers need to evacuate, their eyes will already be adjusted to the darkness.
2. Only 5% of the world’s population had ever been on an airplane till 2013 which drastically increased to approx. 20 percent in 2020.
3. A Boeing 747 is made up of six million parts which are made to be all controlled by a few pilots sitting up front with switches and buttons under their fingertips.
4. It is the rule that pilots must be fed the same multi-course meal given to those in the first and business class whilst the co-pilots are encouraged to eat different entrees to guard against cases of food poisoning.
5. Those white lines that planed leave in the sky are simply trails of condensation, hence their technical name of “contrails.” Plane engines release water vapor as part of the combustion process. When that hot water vapor is pumped out of the exhaust and hits the cooler air of the upper atmosphere, it creates those puffy white lines in the sky. It’s basically the same reaction as when you see your breath when it’s cold outside.
6. Environment inside an airplane actually alters the way food and drink tastes—sweet items tasted less sweet, while salty flavors were heightened. The dry recycled air inside the plane cabin doesn’t help either as low humidity can further dull taste and smell making everything in a plane seem bland.
7. Plane doors can't actually open in mid-flight.
8. Australian airline Qantas has never had a fatal accident involving one of its commercial aircraft.
9. The fastest commercial plane flew at twice the speed of sound.
10. Long-haul flights have secret bedrooms and a bathroom for flight attendants.
11. Living in an airplane flight path could harm your heart. This means closer to the airport. Individuals exposed to noise above 60 decibels on a regular basis—like the sound of an airplane overhead—had a 30 percent greater risk of dying from a heart attack than those typically exposed to noise levels under 45 decibels.
12. Research shows that the first 3 minutes after takeoff and the final 8 minutes before landing are when 80% of plane crashes happen.
13. About 1 in 5 people have some form of fear of flying, or “aviophobia.”
14. If you sit at the back of an airplane, your odds of surviving a crash are 40% higher.
15. What that tiny hole in the airplane window does is to regulate cabin pressure. Most airplane windows are made up of three panels of acrylic. The exterior window works as you would expect—keeping the elements out and maintaining cabin pressure.
16. Airplanes are designed to withstand lightning strikes.
