Secret Airplane Features That Could Save Your Life

[Music] ladies and gentlemen this is your flight captain speaking I'd like to welcome you aboard be amazed Airlines destination secret knowledge there's a lot of folks who don't know about these big crazy metal tubes we send up into the sky and our inflight entertainment today is going to reveal a thing or two that you're bound to find pretty darn surprising the seat Bel sign is now on so if you could please take your seats buckle up and let me take you on a journey of some astounding airplane Secret features that you never knew [Music] existed

agent air when it comes to air travel one of the biggest concerns when boarding is who will be in the seat next to you while it's all too easy to spot a particularly annoying passenger have you ever really stopped to wonder exactly who you're sharing your space in the sky with well it turns out some casual customers aren't quite as they seem at all Air Marshals sometimes known as Sky Marshals are armed and specially trained Law Enforcement Officers whose job it is to fly around disguised as regular passengers in case something serious goes down up

in the clouds but before you start playing your game of spot the air marshall on your next flight being on the same plane as an Air Marshall isn't as common as you might think there can be up to 30,000 commercial FL flights in the United States daily and only an estimated 2,000 US Air Marshals currently employed for the purpose of attending flights meaning stationing one on every flight would be impossible in fact some estimates suggest Air Marshals can be found on fewer than 1% of flights as agents are only deployed on flights that have been

highlighted as posing a higher potential safety risk while it's an air Marshall's job to blend in with the crowd there are some small telltale signs that might mean your sharing the skies with a secret agent the first thing to know is that Air Marshals mostly travel alone without any proper luggage but sometimes fly in pairs while they might board with their partner the two agents will never sit together and will each take an aisle seat towards the back of the plane for a clear view of the passenger cabin while on the job Air Marshals aren't

allowed to sleep drink alcohol or even wear headphones to ensure they're constantly alert to anything suspicious they also tend to to opt for baggy clothing since they're carrying a gun which is either attached to their ankle or close to their waist ultimately Air Marshals are there to protect you and while flight attendants are made aware who Air Marshals are on a flight passengers are not supposed to know who they are so if you ever think you've spotted an Air Marshall drawing attention to your suspicions is just about the worst thing you can do as revealing

their identity could highlight them as targets to any potential villainous characters on the flight so s back relax and enjoy knowing you might have spotted them and just brag about it to your friends on the ground later Airborne the emergency yellow oxygen mask is an essential part of every inflight safety demonstration but what if I told you they don't actually contain oxygen at all while you might assume that airplane oxygen masks are attached to the oxygen filled tanks like those used by scuba divers this is not the case instead of oxygen filled tanks airplanes often

use what's known as an oxygen candle these oxygen candles are chemical cartridges in a box above where the masks are deployed most Airlines instruct passengers to pull down on their mask to start the flow of oxygen this tugging motion initiates a reaction between distinct chemicals which usually include barium peroxide sodium chlorate and potassium perchlorate the last of which is most commonly seen in science classrooms making gummy bears scream while it may not sound like a life-saving combination these Chemicals React to produce oxygen when heated which is exactly what happens when an oxygen candle is activated

when a passenger tugs a mask a firing pin is pulled from the cylinder which triggers a tiny explosion that produces the heat needed for the chemicals to start generating that life-saving oxygen while it may sound a little long- winded these oxygen candle systems typically weigh less than the alternative of a compressed gas system so it's preferred for flight where minimizing weight is essential typically passengers will have around 10 to 14 minutes worth of oxygen per mask which is usually plenty of time for the pilot to get the plane below 10,000 ft the altitude where it's

possible to breathe normally hopefully you'll never be in a situation where you'll need to trigger this kind of chemical reaction but just think of that sweet hit of chemical serotonin you'll get when you get to explain to all your fellow passengers how this plane Journey could end with all of you breathing in exploding chemicals before you're escorted off the plane that is age of aircrafts there's no denying that we're most certainly living in the age of aircrafts but have you ever stopped to consider the real age of the aircraft that you're jetting off on there's

a common belief among some flight passengers that an older airplane might mean the plane is less reliable or even less safe but how do you even find out how old an airplane really is and does age really matter you probably didn't know it but while some of us humans spend a lot of time trying to conceal our ages airplanes wear theirs for the world to see if you know where to look like cars airplanes have their very own license plate number that's used to identify them referred to as tail numbers in the aeronautical World these

often unnoticed codes hold a lot of information about a plane the first letter of the tail number identifies a plane's country of origin with American Tail numbers typically starting with an N other countries use different prefixes Canadian aircrafts use the letter c while British aircraft tail numbers start with the letter G the next three digits are chosen from a range set by the airline for specific aircraft type and the final two letters are an abbreviation for the operator for example UA for United Airlines American Airlines meanwhile still fly some aircraft with the letters aw some

of their planes formerly belonged to America West Airlines if you search an airplane's tail number on the global database you'll find all sorts of information about the plane including how many seats it has how many engines it has as well as when it was built most passenger airplanes have an average flight career of around 27 years before they retired however there are some passenger planes that are still flying well into their middle ages and you won't believe how old some of them are this Boeing 737-200 in Nolan or aviations fleet has been in service since

1974 making it the oldest passenger plane still in service if you're wondering why or how nanor are able to have such an aged unit in their Fleet the reality is that older doesn't necessarily mean worse or unsafe this particular aircraft has been through multiple rounds of refurbishment and some of its features are actually considered Superior to those found on newer planes for example the Boeing 737-200 can actually handle more treacherous Landing conditions compared to the newer models due to needing to adapt to the poorer ground surfaces at older airports so I guess in the airplane

World age really is just a number black box if you've ever seen a movie or a news story about a plane disappearing you might have heard about a search for the mysterious black box every commercial and corporate aircraft is fitted with two separate systems collectively known as the blackbox a flight data record and a cockpit voice recorder and news flash neither of these things are typically literal black boxes they actually function in much the same way as a computer hard drive or memory card with the flight data recorder holding all relevant information about the activities

of the plane and the cockpit voice recorder storing recordings of all sounds and conversations in the cockpit seeing as blackbox systems hold information that could be vital to finding out what happened in an aviation accident these devices include special design features to ensure they have the best chance of being found a blackbox can remain intact after being hit with an impact speed of 310 mph and survive exposure to flames as hot as 2000° f for more than an hour the device can emit a signal once per second even while 20,000 ft Under the Sea for

30 whole days not only that but black boxes are normally installed in the tail section of an aircraft as this is usually the part that suffers the least damage in a crash despite being named black boxes these devices are painted a fluorescent orange shade to make them stand out easily on a crash site while mentions of airplane blackboxes in the real world are sadly often associated with accidents there's no doubt this unnoticed Aviation feature offers us invaluable insight into how to make planes even safer in the future hooked on safety planes are equipped with an

array of life-saving equipment both in plain sight and Beyond and while some features like seat belts and life vests are hard to miss there are other crucial safety features that go completely unnoticed by the average flight passenger these two small holes sitting about a third of the way down the wing on some airplanes for example could very well save your life in an emergency airplane wings are built to be as smooth and aerodynamic as possible and while this is necessary during flights it can be a problem if the plane needs to make an emergency landing

in water some airplanes include over-wing exits that passengers will need to use in an emergency evacuation and you guessed it wet smooth surfaces are a recipe for slip-ups planes fitted with over-wing exits include these yellow Escape rope bracelets which are used to hook and secure an escape rope to act as a handhold for passengers making their way out over the wing if you don't see these hooks on your plane Don't Panic they're only necessary for planes with over-wing exits so if you ever questioned if Aircraft engineers really have thought of everything it's safe to say

they're off the hook with life-saving features like this airplane horn want to hear a question that you've never wondered about the answer to do airplanes have horns well yes and they sound and look exactly like this I'm kidding of course they neither look nor sound anything like that but they do in fact have horns rather similar to those found in cars but which are used for very different purpose unlike car horns on a highway airplane horns seem completely useless during flight for a couple reasons namely airplanes usually fly miles apart from one another with roaring

engines meaning that fellow Pilots almost certainly wouldn't hear a horn while flying so what are they for in fact airplane horns aren't really designed for Pilots to use at all and are only ever used when a plane is on the ground Engineers often make use of the horn when performing maintenance in a plane's cockpit toting the horn to get attention of the workers on the ground unlike in a car where the horn is impossible to miss in the center of the steering wheel on a plane the horn is a button amid many other commands on

the control panel but the biggest question of all what doesn't airplane horn sound like pretty badass right well this horn is primarily a means of communication modern PL are also able to emit varying sounding Sirens to warn ground Engineers when a particular system breaks down but I'd be surprised if any one of the engineers outside the plane ever stick around to find out what work needs to be done if I heard this I'd be running for the hills hidden handrails if you've ever walked down an airplane aisle during a bit of unexpected turbulence you'll be

all too familiar with what it feels like to be a human pinball you've probably seen plenty of wobbly hands clamping down on aisle seats for support or maybe you've even done it yourself after all there's nothing else to hold on to or is there turns out there's a little known feature on most airplanes that will save you from getting up close and personal with your fellow passengers headrest and while you might assume that this little curve underneath the overhead bins is just a neat little design Quirk its placement is very much deliberate most modern airplane

cabins include built-in handrails located under the overhead bins to provide some grip for passengers navigating the aisles this is exactly how flight attendants make strutting through the cabin look like a breeze they're cheating and now you can too speaking of secret knowledge only expert flight attendants know why not check out our other videos about airplane secrets and much much more just hit subscribe Now ladies and gentlemen the captain has just switch the fasten seat belt sign on if you could please return to your seats using the trusty handrails we never told you about we've still

got a way to go secretive seats one of the most important questions in passengers Minds before boarding a flight is where they're going to be sitting almost half of solo Flyers prefer the coveted window seat and it's easy to see why window passengers not only get a front row seat to epic views but they also remain undisturbed by seated neighbors clambering to the restroom but there's one factor that can affect the Comfort level of this coveted seat that you've probably never noticed if you look closely you'll notice that the cabin walls of the Long Hall

planes are a lot flatter compared to those on smaller short Hall planes which have more of a curved shape the difference in wall shape comes down to the differing Heights of long and short Hall fuselages with some double Decker Long Haul planes stretching more than twice the height of short Hall single decks while not a deliberate design choice for the benefit of passengers the broader curvature of Long Haul airplane walls does inadvertently provide Window Seat dwellers with more Head and Shoulder room though whether it's preferable to the aisle seat for the leg room requirements of

taller passengers is still up for debate speaking of the aisle seat this is the second most popular choice among passengers especially for those who frequently get up to use the restroom but did you know hidden on some planes is a secret button that can turn your aisle seat into a spacious Sanctuary well sort of you'll find the hidden button on the underside of the outermost armrest of a seats and pressing it allows you to sneakily move the armrest which usually seems locked in place a simple move with gain changing results no more armrest digging into

your side and a little extra swing room for your leg and while the movable armrest provides the extra benefit if you know where to look this design feature is actually meant as a safety measure to allow for easier Escape in an emergency evacuation unsurprisingly the middle seat is the least popular choice for flight passengers by far while just 10% of passengers opt to be the hamburger patty of the three chair combo turns out some middle seats are harboring hidden features that actually offer passengers the most comfortable ride in respon respon to the widespread middle seat

hate Spirit Airlines have been secretly adding a whole inch of width to the middle seats in their newer airplane cabins which definitely makes up for all the other ways Spirit airlin sucks right nope flight bulb moments while traveling the globe is on most people's bucket list there's no doubt that jetting off on a Long Hall flight isn't the most comfortable especially when it comes to the dreaded jet lag jet lag is a psychological condition triggered by moving through different time zones at an accelerated rate under normal circumstances our body's internal clock also known as our

circadian rhythm is influenced by daylight which it uses to regulate when you should be awake and when you should sleep when the day night cycle gets shifted understandably our body has a few objections mostly in the form of tiredness many hours spent in an airplane cabin without proper access to Natural Light can make symptoms of jet lag even worse but some Modern planes are subtly combating jet lag symptoms and most passengers aren't even aware of it airbus's a350 model is hiding an ingenious system of customizable LED lights that can simulate different types of natural light

the system includes up to 16.7 million different colors that are programmed to mimic the lighting conditions of the time zone the plane is heading to subtle manipulating the lighting like this can reportedly help trick your body's internal clock into adapting more easily to new time zones this helps to eliminate the irregular sleeping hours long hul Travelers often experience when arriving in a new time zone more time awake means more time to enjoy your vacation and most importantly more time to catch up on the latest content here on the baz Channel forget your alarm and hit

that Bell icon to be notified every time we post a new video and why not treat yourself to tapping that subscribe button while you're at it you're on vacation after all colossal cargo we've already seen a number of hidden features that Airlines sneak onto planes for the comfort of passengers but there are other planes out there with features built in for totally different purposes while scen aboard a typical passenger plane includes smiling cabin crew and window shade Wars things look Worlds Apart inside cargo planes cargo planes play a big role in transporting the world's Goods

these days Amazon even has its own Airline dedicated to shipping customer orders worldwide widely used cargo aircrafts like the Boeing 777 have large side-facing hatches that are used to funnel Goods into the aircraft planes like the Boeing 777 Freight plane typically have a maximum capacity of around 27 10t High pallets but some cargo planes out out there have taken space maximization to a whole new level with a very special feature you've probably never seen before the Boeing 747 freighter is one of the rarer planes which can be fitted with a giant nose cargo door there

are several advantages to this design namely that it allows loading of cargo of all different sizes the open nose allows the 747 to load cargo pallets with a width of 12 ft and a length of up to 185 ft that's the equivalent of the Leaning Tower of Pisa without the need to disassemble them the Boeing 747 has seen all sorts going through its nose from race cars to helicopters but it's not even the largest cargo plane out there the Antonov 225 cargo plane holds a staggering 124 World Records related to its Mammoth size the gargantuan

jet holds the title of the heaviest aircraft ever built as well as the world record for transporting the world's longest piece of Air Cargo two wind turbine blades through its giant nose door sadly the largest individual plane of this kind the Antonov a225 Mariah was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 but there are plans for the plane to be restored the restoration is expected to cost $3 billion and 5 years to complete the project and I for one can't wait to see the Antonov Nos and all back in the sky as

as soon as possible touchdown all Flyers are familiar with a bumpy touchdown every now and again but if you ever stop to consider exactly how an entire plane lands without blowing all its tires think about it your average 200 ton airplane hits tarmac at around 165 mph when Landing so how is it possible the wheels stay perfectly intact after landing unsurprisingly airplane wheels are very different from the ones you'll find on a bike or car in fact they're specifically designed to withstand incredibly heavy loads for very short periods of time and have some special hidden

features to help them do just that during takeoff and landing airplane tires are exposed to a whole lot of naturally occurring static electricity which is created through the immense friction between the wheels and Runway tarmac to combat this airplanes use tires made of specialized conductive rubber that's able to safely absorb electric charges there are usually three or more layers of rubber pressurized six times as much as car tires providing additional strength now you might be wondering why unlike heavy load trucks airplane wheels are rather small compared to their enormous overall size much like your mom

rising from the vacation sunlounger when it comes to airplanes every extra pound counts toward how easy it is to lift off not only are smaller tires lighter but multiple small tires are able to distribute the plane load with a lot more stability compared to fewer larger tires most standard commercial aircrafts usually have around six in total but the number of tires depends on the size and maximum load weight of the plane the anov a225 required 32 Wheels 20 of which were steerable to accommodate for the cargo plane's colossal 640 ton weight l limit airplane tires

are regularly inspected for damage but a plane can go up to 400 Landings before its tires are actually changed but honestly that's more than I've changed my car's tires capsule cabin according to the National Transportation safety board these days more than 95% of plane crashes are survivable and that's no surprise Innovations in airplane design are popping up all over the place making air travel one of the safest modes of Transport in 2016 Aviation engineer Vladimir tatarenko took Skyhigh safety to a whole new level when he unveiled a design for a passenger aircraft with a detachable

cabin while it might look pretty crazy on first glance the proposed cabin is fitted with parachutes and inflatable rubber tires so that it can float and land safely on the ground or water this may also sound like a reassuring idea for those who find flying more of a terrifying buing ordeal as opposed to an exciting way to start a vacation but this detachable design is having trouble taking off while the proposal shows the detachable cabin deploying on a plane experiencing engine failure these days 80% of plane accidents are caused by human error the most common

accidents include loss of aircraft control and flying into terrain circumstances where the deployment of a detachable cabin seems impossible to achieve safely not only that but it's estimated that design like this would require more fuel usage and increase seat prices so commercial airlines haven't been too Keen to launch the design into their fleets and while the idea may not quite be ready for use in emergency situations it might have some other uses that could revolutionize air travel much like ambul lifts used by those requiring special assistance to board detachable cabins could be incredibly useful for

boarding and changeovers by enabling the transfer of cabins directly from plan plane to plane this technique would allow passengers to board away from the runway and eliminates the need for unloading and reloading passengers or their luggage in a changeover situation I don't know though I think I'd still rather stretch my legs the last time I'm stuck in a metal tube with 100 strangers the better ladies and gentlemen we are now approaching our destination are there any more airplane secret features that I missed let me know down in the comments below and as always thank you

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