INTRIGUING FACTS ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
Added on: 8th Aug 2016
IF A CABIN IS PRESSURIZED AND AN AIRPLANE DOOR
OPENS IN MIDFLIGHT AT A HIGH ALTITUDE, THE SUDDEN
OPENING COULD CAUSE ITEMS AND PEOPLE TO GET
SUCKED OUT. HOWEVER, PRESSURIZATION IN THE
CABIN AND A PLUG-TYPE DOOR (A DOOR THAT IS BIGGER
THAN THE OPENING) MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
FOR EVEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO OPEN A DOOR
DURING A FLIGHT
A BOEING 747 CAN CARRY ABOUT 60,000 GALLONS
OF JET FUEL, WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 400,000 POUNDS
THE CONTRAILS PLANES LEAVE BEHIND ARE MADE OF
WATER VAPOUR. A THIN, SHORTER-LASTING TAIL
INDICATES LOW-HUMIDITY AIR AND FAIR WEATHER.
A THICK, LONGER-LASTING TAIL COULD SIGNIFY THE
EARLY INDICATORS OF A STORM
A STUDY BY POPULAR MECHANICS DETERMINED
THAT PASSENGERS WHO SIT NEAR THE TAIL OF
THE PLANE ARE FORTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO
SURVIVE A CRASH THAN THOSE IN THE FIRST FEW ROWS
THE AIRBUS A380, BOEING 787, ATR-600, AND BOMBARDIER
C SERIES AIRCRAFT USE LESS THAN THREE LITRES OF
JET FUEL PER ONE HUNDRED PASSENGER KILOMETRES.
THIS MATCHES THE EFFICIENCY OF MOST MODERN
COMPACT CARS
THE AIR ON AIRPLANES IS FILTERED BY THE SAME
TECHNOLOGY THAT FILTERS AIR IN HOSPITALS, SO
WHILE THE TRAY TABLE MAY HARBOR GERMS,
THE AIR IS CLEAN
IF A PLANE NEEDS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING,
A PILOT MAY DECIDE TO DUMP FUEL FROM ITS
WINGS. WHILE IT’S NOT VERY COMMON, IT IS A
SAFETY PROCEDURE TO KEEP THE PLANE FROM
EXPERIENCING AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. THE FUEL
USUALLY EVAPORATES BEFORE IT REACHES
THE GROUND
AIRCRAFT RADAR CANNOT DETECT TURBULENCE.
TURBULENCE CAN OCCUR IN CLEAR, CLOUDLESS
WEATHER AS WELL AS IN BAD WEATHER
THE FAA REQUIRES THAT ALL AIRPLANES BE CAPABLE
OF BEING EVACUATED IN NINETY SECONDS. IT TAKES
ONLY A MINUTE AND A HALF FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD
AND ENGULF A PLANE
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