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oviejnr:
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42. Something is always broken on your plane.


The plane you’re about to fly on is broken. Without a doubt, something on that plane is broken. They’re big, complex machines, and they break all the time. The good news is that anything major will have a backup or two or three, and will generate a message in the cockpit to alert the crew so they can take the appropriate action such as diverting, turning on manual backups, or calling maintenance if they’re still on the ground. Most of the time it’s trivial things like reading lights, coffee makers, and cabin trim. Don’t let this prevent you from flying though, they are incredibly safe machines. Even when they have fairly serious malfunctions, they are usually able to get back down safely.

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41. WE CAN BE TOO TALL OR TOO SHORT TO FLY.


During Pan Am’s heyday in the 1960s, there were strict requirements for stewardesses: They had to be at least 5-foot-2, weigh no more than 130pounds, and retire by age 32. They couldn’t be married or have children, either. As a result, most women averaged just 18 months on the job. In the 1970s, the organization Stewardesses for Women’s Rights forced airlines to change their ways. The mandatory retirement age was the first thing to go. By the 1980s, the marriage restriction was gone as well. These days, as long as flight attendants can do the job and pass a yearly training program, we can keep flying. As for weight restrictions, most of those disappeared in the 1990s. Today, the rules are about safety. Flight attendants who can’t sit in the jump seat without an extended seat belt or can’t fit through the emergency exit window cannot fly. The same goes for height requirements. We have to be tall enough to grab equipment from the overhead bins, but not so tall that we’re hitting our heads on the ceiling. Today, that typically means between 5-foot-3 and 6-foot-1, depending on the aircraft.


http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=31044

http://emgn.com/entertainment/the-insane-instagram-craze-proving-cabin-crews-do-have-a-funnybone/

cc: Dominique

40. Flight Attendants: Seniority Means Shorter Skirts.


Our tenure on the job doesn’t just determine which routes we fly and which days we get to take off; it also affects the hierarchy in our crashpad, an apartment shared by as many as 20 flight attendants. Seniority is the difference between top or lower bunk, what floor your bed is on, and just how far away your room is from noisy areas such as doors or stairwells.

39. 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.

38. Without a shoulder harness, the jolt of the impact may cause your 10-pound head to snap your neck. It's possible that it may even fall off. There have been reports of waist belts severing plane crash victims in half.


http://www.viralnova.com/flight-facts/

37. In the Air Force, they take foot prints because in severe crashes, the feet inside boots are the only thing left to identify soldiers with.

36. Airbus is working on a transparent plane that would offer passengers a 360-degree view as they fly.


source: http://facts.randomhistory.com/airplane-facts.html

35. The atmosphere in an airplane cabin dries out a person’s nose, and the changing air pressure numbs about 1/3 of a person’s taste buds. This is one reason for airlines adding lots of spices and salt to their foods. Additionally, tomato juice tastes less acidic in the air.

34. Autopilot is usually turned on during most of an airplane flight. The computer can make more precise adjustments, which leads to better fuel efficiency (except during turbulence). Autopilot is not typically used during takeoff or landing, although it is available to use.

33. Announcement 6.


" In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child travelling with you, secure your mask first before assisting with theirs. If you're travelling with more than one child, pick your favourite."

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30. Flight attendants of Hong Kong Airlines are trained in Wing Chun, a form of Kung Fu martial arts, claiming it helps them handle untruly passengers.

29. Research indicates that people fall in love with flight attendants at first sight more than any other professions (including restaurant servers and strippers).

28. Plane exhaust kills more people than plane crashes. Approximately, 10,000 people are killed annually from toxic pollutants from airplanes.

27. According to Popular Mechanics, sitting in the tail of an airplane improves chances of accident survival by 40%.

26. The Antonov AN-225 cargo jet is the largest plane in the world. It is nearly as big as a football field from nose to tail and wing tip to wing tip. It was originally built to transport a space plane.

25. The average Boeing has around 150 - 175 miles of wiring inside it.

24. One of the most deadly airplane accidents actually happened on the ground. In 1977, two fully loaded planes carrying a total of over 600 passengers collided head-on in the middle of the runway in what is now known as the Tenerife Accident, named after Tenerife Island where the accident occurred. Over 500 people died.

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23. Flight attendants sometimes withhold your dinner, hoping you'll fall asleep."On night flights, we sometimes hold off on meal service as long as we can so that you'll be asleep and we'll have less to do."

22. The air you breathe on an airplane is actually compressed air taken from the engines. A large portion (25% to 50%) is blown in the flightdeck, the rest is for the passengers. The air leaves the airplane via a small hole in the back of the fuselage."

Boeing's website explains that air from the engine’s compressors helps to warm and pressurize air from outside the plane. This treated air is then circulated into the cabin for you to breathe.

21. In the U.S.A., over two million passengers board over 30,000 flights each day.

20. Most flight attendants don't turn their cell phones off after they ask the passengers to.


http://www.viralnova.com/secrets-airlines-dont-want-you-to-know/

19. There's a secret lock on the outside of an airplane bathroom that will allow flight attendants to unlock the door if passengers were to lock themselves in.

18. "Blunder Trophies" used to be given to pilots who made ridiculous mistakes.


The National Museum of the US Air Force displays "Blunder Trophies" from the 1920's and the early 1930's presented at the McCook and Wright Fields. These trophies were given to silly pilots who made mistakes like taxiing into a parked airplane or taking off without enough fuel.

17. The white trail a plane leaves in the sky can be used to predict the weather.

The contrails planes leave behind are made of water vapor. 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.

16. A Boeing 727 took off in 2003 and has been missing ever since.

On May 25, 2003, pilot Benjamin Padilla, took off in the 727 he'd purchased from American Airlines two years earlier. The plane then disappeared forever. No one knows where it is. Padilla's sister has toldauthorities she believes Padilla crashed somewhere in Africa or that he is being held against his will.