4. Planes dump human waste while in air.
5. You can get stuck on a plane toilet if you flush while sitting down.
6. Recirculated air in planes spreads disease.
7. Wearing your seat belt can hurt your chances of surviving a plane crash.
8. Pilots can control airflow to keep passengers sedated and save on fuel.
9. Oxygen masks are decoys, meant to keep passengers calm before a crash.
10. You have no chance of surviving a plane crash.
11. Flying is safer than driving
While that might be true, it's a sorry,sorry explanation.
The pressure is on the INSIDE, pushing OUT. It's not a far stretch to think that the pressure would HELP you open the door, not hinder you.
To explain it by saying that "it's pressurized" shows a complete lack of understanding of the problem.
12. Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar!’ will make the plane crash............
12. Objects heavier than air can’t fly.
“9. Oxygen masks are decoys, meant to keep passengers calm before a crash.
ROFLMAO!!! I LOVE that one!
#3 is true, but only because the stews can bring the drinks faster.
/johnny
After the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214, it seemed incredible that 304 of 307 people on board survived. But that's in line with numbers from the National Transportation Safety Board, which show that 95% of passengers involved in accidents on US carriers between 1983 and 2000 survived.
A little misleading. Most of these are botched LANDINGS OR TAKEOFFS, where the plane is still relatively close to the ground. A failure from cruising altitude or with several hundred feet of altitude is almost impossible to survive, even over water.
Interesting phrasing on this one:
8. Pilots can control airflow to keep passengers sedated and save on fuel.
Again, Patrick Smith has the real data: "The idea that we cut back on oxygen is simply ridiculous. Oxygen levels are determined by pressurization."
The pilot can't adjust the oxygen level, but can he adjust the pressurization altitude? I think so.
Well not exactly but... whan all those toddlers are screaming? The flight attendants have the ability to adjust the cabin pressure a little (most Boeing AC). As they drop the pressure those screaming meemees all pass out. Once asleep the crew raise the pressure back up so the rest of us feel better.
So that thing about sedation is a somewhat accurate.
Center fuel tanks when empty can explode due to an electrical short.
15. There are no misleading statements or misdirections in this article.
If that's a myth, why do I almost always get a cold shortly after air travel? Also, why does the air coming out of the directional air vent sometimes smell like bad breath?
Pilots don't control the airflow to save on costs, they control the air temperature to save fuel costs.
-PJ
To quote Patrick Smith, an airline pilot, blogger, and author of Cockpit Confidential: “You cannot – repeat, cannot – open the doors or emergency hatches of an airplane in flight. You can’t open them for the simple reason that cabin pressure won’t allow it.”
uh...D.B. Cooper!?!?!?!
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14. If an engine goes out, a witch on the wing of the plane caused it.
15. Action heroes can get into fist fights on the wing of the plane while it is flying.
16) US Senators commonly travel coach.
My favorite has always been, Airplanes fly at night by staying in between those white, green and red lights.