10 Myths and Facts about Flying

1. 10 Myths and Facts about Flying That Will Surprise You Presented by: Lindsay Green

2. Table of Content Introduction 10 Myths and Facts • You can get sucked into an aircraft toilet • An aircraft door can be opened during a flight. • Cabin crew are allowed to arrest a passenger • Thunder storms increase the risk of an airplane crash • If you are born aboard an aircraft, you get to fly free of charge for the rest of your life • Aircraft dump their toilet waste above the ocean • Cabin crew have to meet height requirements • There is no row 13 aboard an aircraft • Pilots have a parachute under their seats • Cabin crew speak a minimum of four languages Contact Us

3. Introduction At some point in your life, you will no doubt have heard some stories about flying that make you go: What?! Surely not! Really?! What is and isn’t true about these myths about flying? I’ve investigated 10 for you.

4. 10 Myths and Facts You can get sucked into an aircraft toilet: • Aircraft toilets have a closed vacuum system. • When you flush the toilet, a powerful vacuum system located near the waste tank sucks down anything that’s lying over the hole and draws it down into the tank. • And we mean anything! We regularly find objects in the disposal tank that definitely shouldn’t be there.

5. 10 Myths and Facts An aircraft door can be opened during a flight: • The pressure inside and outside is certainly not the same after take-off. • The air pressure at high altitude is dangerously low, which is why the cabin pressure is increased artificially. • If you look closely at aircraft doors, you’ll see that they fit into the aircraft almost like a cork. • A nifty mechanical system ensures that they can also open outwards. • When the door is closed, cabin pressure is exerted on the door. • The force with which this takes place is determined by the difference in interior and exterior air pressure and the surface area of the door.

6. 10 Myths and Facts Cabin crew are allowed to arrest a passenger: • Naturally, this only happens if the passenger is a threat to flight safety. We even have handcuffs on board for this purpose. • The captain has to concentrate on flying the aircraft and therefore can’t carry out the arrest personally. • He will, however, formally and personally announce the arrest after landing, before the aircraft doors open.

7. 10 Myths and Facts Thunder storms increase the risk of an airplane crash: • We do avoid thunder storms, of course! Because, as you can imagine, such storms and the related turbulence can be very uncomfortable for passengers. • lightning striking the aircraft can damage systems, but not to the extend that flight safety is impaired.

8. 10 Myths and Facts If you are born aboard an aircraft, you get to fly free of charge for the rest of your life. Aircraft dump their toilet waste above the ocean. Cabin crew have to meet height requirements. There is no row 13 aboard an aircraft. • hard time finding row 13, because this is considered an unlucky number in many countries. 

9. 10 Myths and Facts Pilots have a parachute under their seats:

10. 10 Myths and Facts Cabin crew speak a minimum of four languages:

11. Contact US • Superior Labs Inc • Address: 5783 Central Ave • Hot Springs, AR 71913 • Phone: 501-525-6688 • Fax: 501-525-7733 • Email: superiorlabsinc@gmail.com • Website: http://www.superiorlabsinc.com • Resource: https://goo.gl/9FnFHg

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