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airplane facts: Some of the deadliest crashes happen when planes are securely on the ground. In 1977, the deadliest crash in the history of aviation happened on the ground. Pan Am Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805, both Boeing 747s, crashed into one another in Tenerife. However, as CBS News reports, it wasn't an error on either pilot's part, per se—low fog made visibility poor, and the airport's runways were overly congested, leading to the two planes colliding, killing 583 passengers and crew members in the resulting fire.
airplane facts: Pilots and co-pilots eat different meals on a flight in case one of them gets sick from the food & then other can still fly.
airplane facts: The most expensive First Class seat costs more than $30,000.
airplane facts: Your taste buds change in flight.
airplane facts: Traveling by plane is the safest way to get around. Traveling by airplane is extremely safe—and getting safer every year. In 2017, there were zero deaths related to commercial aircraft accidents. By comparison, during the same year 40,100 people died in car accidents in the United States alone.
airplane facts: The sound barrier was broken in 1947. Pilot Chuck Yeager astonished the world with his record-breaking flying skills. This U.S. Air Force vet learned to fly as a fighter pilot during World War II. Using the Bell X-1 rocket jet, he flew faster than the speed of sound—662 miles per hour at 40,000 feet. Later on in his life, he added yet another incredible accomplishment to his wildly-impressive CV: training U.S. Air Force veterans to become astronauts.
airplane facts: Sandra Bullock and about 2 million other Americans have aviophobia or fear of flying.
airplane facts: Long-haul flights have secret bedrooms and a bathroom for flight attendants.
airplane facts: The world's smallest plane weighs only 358.8 pounds. The Bede BD-5 microjet weighs nearly 360 pounds and has a wingspan of only 14.5 feet. Though minuscule, this jet can reach speeds of over 300 miles per hour, which is a little under half of the speed of sound.
airplane facts: The longest military plane is six stories tall. The U.S. military's gargantuan C-5 has a wingspan is 222.8 feet, with each wing measuring the length of a basketball court. According to Popular Mechanics, "the aircraft stands 65 feet tall, the equivalent of a six-and-a-half story building." It can also carry more than 250 million pounds and 350 passengers, even with equipment on board. It is so big that many Air Force bases have had to cut large holes in hangar doors to keep it indoors… well, most of it that is—the tail end still protrudes.
airplane facts: Turbulence is the top cause of non-fatal plane injuries. There's a reason why you should always respect the seat belt sign. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. air carriers had 234 turbulence accidents, resulting in 298 serious injuries and three fatalities, between 1980 and 2008. Two of the three fatalities were confirmed to be passengers not wearing seat belts when the seat belt sign had been turned on. Buckling up might not be "the law" in the air, but it's certainly worth it to preserve your safety.
airplane facts: Living in an airplane flight path could harm your heart.
airplane facts: The fastest commercial plane flew at twice the speed of sound. The Concorde, which offered flights continuously from 1976 to 2003, traveled at twice the speed of sound. In fact, the supersonic jet, which could achieve speeds up to 1,354 miles per hour, also broke a number of world records for its speed, in one case earning the record for the fastest transatlantic flight when it transported passengers from JFK in New York to Heathrow Airport in London in just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds.
airplane facts: Airplane tires are inflated to about six times the PSI of car tires.
airplane facts: There are temperatures too cold to fly in. While the outside of an aircraft can reach -60 degrees Fahrenheit when it's cruising at 35,000 feet, similar ground temperatures can stop a plane in its tracks. In 2014, when temperatures hit about -47 degrees Fahrenheit at Igarka Airport in Russia, a Tupelov-134 jet's landing gear breaking system actually froze, leading passengers to do their best to help: they actually got out to try to push the 61,640-pound plane.
Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 total
During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo
People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain
The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA
Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium (ironically) died of radiation poisoning
Everyone wants the prize very much
898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.
The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word "poppe," which means "explosive sound"
The food that is digested in your stomach is called "chyme."
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses everyletter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twxcommunications)
The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sportsgames (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after theMajorLeague All-Star Game.
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured
Lack of sleep can affect your immune system and reduce your ability to fight infections
All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago