Research shows that the first 3 minutes after takeoff and the final 8 minutes before landing are when 80% of plane crashes happen.[Airplane]
English is the international language of flight. All flight controllers and all commercial pilots who fly on international flights are required to speak English.[Airplane]
One the most deadly airplane accidents actually happened on the ground. In 1977, two fully loaded planes carrying a total of over 600 passengers collided head-on in the middle of the runway in what is now known as the Tenerife Accident, named after Tenerife Island where the accident occurred. Over 500 people died.[Airplane]
In the United States, 2 million passengers board more than 30,000 flights—every day.[Airplane]
Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean from, New York to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. The trip covered 3,631 miles and took 33 hours 29 minutes.[Airplane]
One windshield or window frame of a Boeing 747-400’s cockpit costs as much as a BMW.[Airplane]
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