For your safety in the event of an accident. If there is a fire outside you need to know to not open doors on that side of the plane.
Why does someone ask this question every single day? Whatever you do, DON’T ASK why don’t we get parachutes and why aren’t planes made out of the same materials as black boxes.
I love to travel, visit new places and friends. Nevertheless, i am afraid of flying and airplanes. I feel very uncomfortable when the plane takes off, during the flight, i have an awfull time till the plane lands. How to overcome my fear of flying in airplanes?
Well what is it about airplanes that makes you uncomfortable? If you don’t trust the pilot, there isn’t much to worry about. Just about everything the plane does is automated. From taking off, cruising, even parts of landing are all done automatically without the pilot needing to do anything. Most of the time, the pilot is there for the ride just as you are. He is mostly only there to take control of the plane if there is an unnatural occurrence during the plane’s flight. If such a happening were to take place, it would be dealt with promptly and efficiently. You’d never even know something changed. Commercial airplane travel is still the safest method of long-distance travel. The planes that are built today are able to fly using only one engine, however, they are still equipped with two. Anytime a plane has a malfunction or error of some sort, the airline and plane manufacturers both work immediately to fix the problem to eliminate it from happening a second time no matter how small the problem was.
I hope this was helpful.
I read that commercial airplanes have weights made out of Depleted uranium (same stuff used to blow through tanks in wars) so if the plane crashed could it throw radioactive particles everywhere.
Commercial planes don’t carry any weights made of depleted uranium or any other radioactive substance. (Even if they did, a crash wouldn’t necessarily "throw radioactive particles everywhere".) airplanes are made as light as possible to save fuel. The fuel needed to fly even a couple of pounds of extra weight over the life of the aircraft can add up to significant reduction in profits. Some airlines take this so seriously that they strip the paint off the fuselage and wings and use a minimal color scheme for their corporate logos. Although some small, single-engine planes use steel counterweights on some control surfaces, the same effect can be achieved with aerodynamic balancing, eliminating the need for weights. The control surfaces on large commercial aircraft are operated by electric jackscrews and hydraulic pistons. These mechanisms are so powerful that they don’t need counterweights.
Most commercial airliners are pressurized to an effective altitude of 8000 feet above sea level.
I’m sure a web search will help you convert that to atmospheres, bars, %, or whatever other units you like.
(I’ve asked this before, but I didn’t get a lot of answers)
I personally think it’s the picture of JA 123 on Wikipedia…it scared the CRAP out of me….
what do you think is the most frightening picture of a commercial airplane crash?
where on wikipedia is the pic on? the link please
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Was it the one in Lexington a few years ago?
I’m not referring to the small private plane crashes of which you seem to hear of all the time.
Comair flight 5191 leaving Lexington for Atlanta on 8/26/06. The aircraft accidently took off from the wrong runway which was to short for the plane. All 47 passengers on board the flight were killed along with 2 crew members, the lone survivor was the First Officer.
How many g-forces – vertical or horizontal – are there when taking off or landing in a commercial airplane? Do these cause discomfort?
Not very much. There is acceleration when the plane starts down the runway, and if there is turbulence it can be a bumpy ride, but it really isn’t that big a deal generally.
Sorry, I can’t give you specific numbers.