What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes

Veritasium · Advanced ·🛡️ AI Safety & Ethics ·1y ago
Myths and misconceptions about planes. Go to https://groundnews.com/Ver to see through media misconceptions and get all sides of every story. Subscribe to save 40% off unlimited access through our link. If you enjoyed this video and want to go deeper, you'll find extended interviews, deleted scenes, and some of our early thumbnail concepts over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-what-112039394 A massive thank you to Petter Hörnfeldt for his expertise and time. Check out @MentourPilot. A huge thank you to Baz Collins, Nick Woods, Val Bukmanis, and everyone at the Queensland Air Museum for hosting us and making this shoot possible - https://ve42.co/QLDAir A special thanks to Roddy McNamee for helping out with the script - https://ve42.co/RMcN A big thank you to Emily Zhang, Petr Lebedev, and Casper Mebius for their help and guidance! 00:00 Can plane doors be opened mid-flight? 00:28 How high do planes fly? 02:31 How do jet engines work? 04:43 Airplanes before cabin pressurization 05:34 Why don’t pressurized planes need door locks? 07:07 Do people fart more in planes? 07:57 The story of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 09:21 The story of Asiana Airlines Flight AA8124 09:57 Is “airplane mode” on phones real? 13:53 Why does airplane food taste bad? 15:07 Why do people drink tomato juice on planes? 16:15 How safe is air travel? ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join the community to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDE Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Bruce, Burt Humburg, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, I. H., Jack Cuprill, John H. Austin, Jr., Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, TTST, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, gpoly, john kiehl, meg noah, wolfee If you’re looking for a mol
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Can plane doors be opened mid-flight?
0:28 How high do planes fly?
2:31 How do jet engines work?
4:43 Airplanes before cabin pressurization
5:34 Why don’t pressurized planes need door locks?
7:07 Do people fart more in planes?
7:57 The story of Aloha Airlines Flight 243
9:21 The story of Asiana Airlines Flight AA8124
9:57 Is “airplane mode” on phones real?
13:53 Why does airplane food taste bad?
15:07 Why do people drink tomato juice on planes?
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