Myths and legends of the aircraft (11 photos)

Despite all the efforts of designers passenger planes, flying even on the most comfortable and expensive places remain a serious challenge for health and for the human psyche. It is not surprising that talk about flying a lot of stuff.



accidentally open the door during the flight represents a mortal danger.


In fact, it's true. An open door will cause depressurization of the cabin with all the consequences. That's just to open the door during flight unless the power of Superman. Therefore, if any of the passengers suddenly inadequate attempt to open the door, then all the rest is nothing to worry about. The only consequence of this silly antics are the noise and fuss associated with subduing Brawler. A leak door while it does not suffer.

Passengers can "suck" overboard even through the smallest gap in the body of the aircraft.


For rapid decompression, which may be followed by the destruction of a significant body aircraft need to blow up the bomb in the cabin or open fire. Small slits may cause a slow decompression, and the crew has time to take the necessary measures to save the aircraft and its passengers.

Intoxication at high altitude is faster.


A team of American popular science program "MythBusters" specially set "experiment" to get the data, as they say, "at first hand". As expected, the level of alcohol in the blood while drinking on the ground and at the height were the same. But in a small hypoxia, which is exposed to the effects of a person flying in an airplane, you can really get drunk faster. Sometimes people unaccustomed to flying, may feel something like a bad drunk, even if they did not drink any alcoholic beverages.

Content toilets thrown into the air.


It is perfect fudge. Modern aircraft onboard toilets cleaned only on the ground.

If you click on the sink, sitting on the toilet, you can get stuck there.


This is also a fiction. Even a very fat man is not able to create his own body as a sealed tube, it became necessary to pressure difference. However, doing this is not recommended, but only for reasons of hygiene. Mikrobryzgi that will inevitably fall on the surface of the body, will not bring any good.

The circulation of air in the sealed cabin leads to the spread of infectious diseases.


The cabin, of course, firmly sealed. Yet the plane - this is not a submarine, and the air in it is constantly updated with fresh portions. Before you move to a new range of air required to pass through the entire filter system. Aircraft manufacturers claim that these filters can neutralize up to 99% of bacteria in the air. That's just, unfortunately, diseases are caused not only by bacteria and viruses that easily pass through any filters. In addition, pathogens can be on any surface seats, tables, walls, etc. Serious and costly interior disinfection after each flight, of course, impossible to carry out. In short, a closed cabin space, jam-packed with a variety of people - it's not a spa resort.

The seat belt may interfere with the survival of the disaster.


Of course, there is some probability that the person will not be able to get rid of the belt to quickly leave the plane. But it is the likelihood that a person will remain alive precisely because of the belt, disproportionately. The design of the protective agent is constantly being improved, and conducted a number of tests to confirm its effectiveness, so ignore the safety belt on a plane - it's pure madness.

Pilots can reduce the content of oxygen in the cabin, to introduce passengers in a sleepy state.


All pilots who asked this question, together called the idea is nonsense.

Oxygen masks are dummies intended to prevent panic.


It is not true. In fact, once the face was the oxygen mask, wear it must immediately, without hesitation. Oxygen starvation is developing very quickly and lead to a strong slowdown of reactions. Therefore, if we consider a mask and ponder the feasibility of its application, it is possible to lose precious moments and did not have time to use it.

Survive during the crash is almost impossible.


Accident crash strife. Today, very often there are reports about the miraculous rescue of the absolutely desperate situations, and the death of the aircraft, when it would seem, there were no signs of the tragedy. Statistics of the National Council of the US Transportation Safety claims that the incidents which occurred during passenger flights from 1983 to 2000, 95% of the passengers survived. I would like to believe it. After all, as the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, there are "lies, damned lies, and statistics».