airplane, n.Trivia

Over 1983-2000, 96% of US plane crash victims survived.

Pilots are not allowed to grow beards.

Only 5 to 12 percent of the people alive today have been on a plane. The majority of air travel is undertaken by a mere 2 percent of the world’s population.

Yellow is avoided in airplanes because it is known to cause nausea

Airplanes are gas guzzlers --- A jumbo jet holds enough fuel to drive the average car around the world four times.

A standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats

Airplanes use up a lot of gas --- A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel

Airplanes present an interesting citizenship question --- If a baby with foreign parents is born on a plane flying above the US, the baby is automatically granted citizenship.

Airplane crashes typically happen either three minutes after taking off or eight minutes before landing.

Lighting hasn't brought down a plane since 1967 because of modern day technology (the fuselage acts as a Faraday cage)

an airplane's black box is 60 times stronger thanks to studying the anatomy of a woodpecker's skull.

Airplane oxygen masks use a chemical reaction to generate oxygen on the spot. They aren't hooked up to an oxygen tank

Rainbows can be seen from an airplane as a complete circle

Farting increases when flying due to cabin pressure causing more intestinal gas to build up.

56% of pilots fall asleep while flying, and 29% wake up to find the co-pilot also asleep.

Aviation is responsible for about 2.5% of global carbon emissions.

The Boeing 747 has 160 miles of wiring inside of it.

Airplanes used to be a lot more comfortable. In the 1940s, every seat could adjust into a bed on intercontinental flights

Airline pilots are not allowed to grow beards.

Any person born on a plane over the United States can claim U.S. citizenship, even if their parents are foreign.