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Interesting facts about flying on airplanes
We offer you a selection of facts, dedicated aircrafts and flights.
In 1973, the airline was founded under the name of Freeland. It offers passengers waterbeds and other fancy services, but went bankrupt in 1974.
In 1994 Aeroflot captain allowed his son to sit in the pilot's seat during the flight. The boy turned off the autopilot, and the plane crashed, killing 75 people.
There is a guide, how to fall out of an airplane without a parachute.
In 1955, Jack Graham blew the plane to kill his mother. Surprisingly, he was convicted only one murder, while 44 people were killed. This happened because the organization of the explosion on the plane while not considered a crime against the state.
Your chance to die in a road accident is 1 to 5000. Your chance to die in a plane is 1 to 11 000 000.
If you believe the US National Transportation Safety Board, an average of 76% of the passengers survive even in the most horrific crashes.
United Airlines flight attendant was forbidden to marry until 1968
In 1975, Stewart Avent student jumped from a small plane, but his parachute became entangled in the fuselage. He opened his reserve parachute, and the whole plane safely down to earth by parachute.
In half of the big airports in Britain is cheaper to park a small plane than a car.
In 1994, Calloway Oborne, prone to depression engineer flight from FedEx, the company tried to seize the plane and score the team hammered to death. Despite numerous injuries, the team was able to carry out such extreme maneuvers like "flip" to make Calloway lose balance and cope with it. In the end, they took the situation under control and landed.
In 2002, there was a collision of passenger and cargo aircraft near the Swiss-German border, because of the mistakes of the Swiss dispatching system. Two years later, Vitaly Kaloyev, who lost his family in the disaster, killed a Swiss knife controller Peter Nielsen, who was on duty at the time of the disaster.
The Singapore Airlines aircraft have special cabinets for the bodies of the passengers who died during the flight.
Lufthansa staff have found that tomato juice is more popular during the flight than in the airport because cabin pressure affects our perception, including the taste.
In 2001, both engines of the aircraft stalled over the Atlantic, but the first pilot Robert Piché saved the lives of everyone who was on board. How? He glided to the Azores.
VessEx - a company that returns the stolen aircraft and ships from every corner of the globe, even from the war zones.
In 1985, Norway's first seizure occurred the plane, but there were no casualties. Drunken thief put their weapons in exchange for beer.
American Airlines Employees boast that saved 40 thousand dollars a year due to the fact that the olives are removed from all the salads that are served on board.
In 2002, a teenager Charlie Bishop flew a small Cessna skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. This happened only a few months after the September 11 attacks. Fortunately, Bishop was the only victim.
In 2001, Rowan Atkinson, known as "Mr. Bean", flew with his family in a small plane over Kenya, when the pilot lost consciousness. Rowan took control and ordered his wife to beat the pilot's cheeks, and then he came to his senses and put the plane.
In Saudi Arabia, women are allowed to operate aircraft, but are not allowed to drive.
In 1910, during the International Air Show in Los Angeles, William Boeing asked to ride it on the plane, but he denied everything. Disappointed, he returned home to Seattle and started a company Boeing.
On flights of Southwest Airlines passengers with excess weight, occupying more than one place, you have to buy as many tickets as places they occupy.
Black boxes are designed to withstand the most severe conditions. Black box of Air France 447 was recovered from a depth of five kilometers where spent two years. Despite the enormous pressure of the water, which was subjected to a box, the investigators were able to decrypt the data.
XF-84H was the noisiest aircraft in aviation history. Even when he stood zavedёnny on the ground, its screw is rotated at such a rate that constantly breaks the sound barrier. It even led to injuries among technical staff.
In 1973, the airline was founded under the name of Freeland. It offers passengers waterbeds and other fancy services, but went bankrupt in 1974.
In 1994 Aeroflot captain allowed his son to sit in the pilot's seat during the flight. The boy turned off the autopilot, and the plane crashed, killing 75 people.
There is a guide, how to fall out of an airplane without a parachute.
In 1955, Jack Graham blew the plane to kill his mother. Surprisingly, he was convicted only one murder, while 44 people were killed. This happened because the organization of the explosion on the plane while not considered a crime against the state.
Your chance to die in a road accident is 1 to 5000. Your chance to die in a plane is 1 to 11 000 000.
If you believe the US National Transportation Safety Board, an average of 76% of the passengers survive even in the most horrific crashes.
United Airlines flight attendant was forbidden to marry until 1968
In 1975, Stewart Avent student jumped from a small plane, but his parachute became entangled in the fuselage. He opened his reserve parachute, and the whole plane safely down to earth by parachute.
In half of the big airports in Britain is cheaper to park a small plane than a car.
In 1994, Calloway Oborne, prone to depression engineer flight from FedEx, the company tried to seize the plane and score the team hammered to death. Despite numerous injuries, the team was able to carry out such extreme maneuvers like "flip" to make Calloway lose balance and cope with it. In the end, they took the situation under control and landed.
In 2002, there was a collision of passenger and cargo aircraft near the Swiss-German border, because of the mistakes of the Swiss dispatching system. Two years later, Vitaly Kaloyev, who lost his family in the disaster, killed a Swiss knife controller Peter Nielsen, who was on duty at the time of the disaster.
The Singapore Airlines aircraft have special cabinets for the bodies of the passengers who died during the flight.
Lufthansa staff have found that tomato juice is more popular during the flight than in the airport because cabin pressure affects our perception, including the taste.
In 2001, both engines of the aircraft stalled over the Atlantic, but the first pilot Robert Piché saved the lives of everyone who was on board. How? He glided to the Azores.
VessEx - a company that returns the stolen aircraft and ships from every corner of the globe, even from the war zones.
In 1985, Norway's first seizure occurred the plane, but there were no casualties. Drunken thief put their weapons in exchange for beer.
American Airlines Employees boast that saved 40 thousand dollars a year due to the fact that the olives are removed from all the salads that are served on board.
In 2002, a teenager Charlie Bishop flew a small Cessna skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. This happened only a few months after the September 11 attacks. Fortunately, Bishop was the only victim.
In 2001, Rowan Atkinson, known as "Mr. Bean", flew with his family in a small plane over Kenya, when the pilot lost consciousness. Rowan took control and ordered his wife to beat the pilot's cheeks, and then he came to his senses and put the plane.
In Saudi Arabia, women are allowed to operate aircraft, but are not allowed to drive.
In 1910, during the International Air Show in Los Angeles, William Boeing asked to ride it on the plane, but he denied everything. Disappointed, he returned home to Seattle and started a company Boeing.
On flights of Southwest Airlines passengers with excess weight, occupying more than one place, you have to buy as many tickets as places they occupy.
Black boxes are designed to withstand the most severe conditions. Black box of Air France 447 was recovered from a depth of five kilometers where spent two years. Despite the enormous pressure of the water, which was subjected to a box, the investigators were able to decrypt the data.
XF-84H was the noisiest aircraft in aviation history. Even when he stood zavedёnny on the ground, its screw is rotated at such a rate that constantly breaks the sound barrier. It even led to injuries among technical staff.
