STRANGE FACTS ABOUT PLANES AND FLYING YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF

FREELANDIA WAS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AIRLINE THAT

STARTED IN 1973. IT OFFERED WATERBEDS AND

OTHER QUIRKS, BUT WENT BROKE IN 1974

IN 1994 AN AEROFLOT (RUSSIAN NATIONAL AIRLINE)

CAPTAIN LET HIS SON SIT AT THE CONTROLS DURING

A FLIGHT. THE BOY TURNED OFF AUTOPILOT AND

THE PLANE CRASHED KILLING 75 PEOPLE

THERE IS ACTUALLY A GUIDE FOR FREEFALLING

OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT A PARACHUTE

IN 1955 WHEN JACK GRAHAM BLEW UP A PLANE TO

KILL HIS MOTHER HE WAS ONLY CHARGED WITH ONE

COUNT OF MURDER EVEN THOUGH 44 PEOPLE DIED.

THIS IS BECAUSE BLOWING UP AIRPLANES WAS NOT

YET A FEDERAL CRIME

YOUR CHANCE OF DYING IN A CAR CRASH IS 1 IN

5,000. YOUR CHANCE OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH

IS 1 IN 11 MILLION.

EVEN IF A PLANE DOES CRASH, ACCORDING TO THE

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AN

AVERAGE OF 76% OF PASSENGERS SURVIVE

(EVEN AMONG THE WORST CRASHES)

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON UNITED AIRLINES WERE

NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY UNTIL 1968

IN 1975, WHEN STUDENT STUART AVENT JUMPED OUT

OF A SMALL AIRPLANE HIS CHUTE GOT TANGLED ON

THE FUSELAGE. HE DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE CHUTE

AND THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TO THE

GROUND SAFELY BENEATH THE PARACHUTE.

IN NEARLY HALF OF BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRPORTS

IT IS CHEAPER TO PARK A SMALL PLANE

THAN TO PARK A CAR