What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
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@veritasium Says:
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@ThatTrainGuyxD Says:
13:49 what you forgot to think about is that smartphones in the US communicate really close to the frequency planes use to communicate, but in the EU network, there is a lot bigger of a gap, so there is nearly no interference
@LukeGaminggg Says:
17:30 I KNEW IT
@DR.Alaska Says:
Air is weather goofy
@nosafetyswitch9378 Says:
Ever since I moved to London, everything I go back home I like to bring a couple bottles of Greek virgin olive oil with me. The bottles were used cola 1.5l bottles. The first time I did it, some of it spilled out of the bottle and messed up my bag. I then sat down and thought about it a bit, having oreviously observed that crisps were inflated during flight and then squeezed back to shape when landing. Next time, I squeezed all the air out of the bottles so that they only contained olive oil and maybe a mm or 2 of air, then sealed them a bit with duct tape. Never had any spill since. Physics can be fun but also USEFUL.
@DMWANO Says:
How anyone thinks a plane flies at 25,000km is beyond me 😅
@florind1587 Says:
Bro, on 10 July 2026, a plane from Greece got a cracked window, from broken engine parts, while heading back to the departure airport (Ryanair, Thessaloniki) and all the news said the passenger was partially sucked out the window, and people dragged him back. It seems a bit of a stretch with these titles.
@likololikolo Says:
Who else is here but have never been on a flight before
@RajeevRanjan-l2v Says:
That explains why my pretzels bag exploded, and boomed loudly on DL1633.
@Gilgwathir Says:
13:58 oh, pleas no?!. I don't want go listen to 17 different conversations at once. it's bad enough on trains 😂
@draneeshkc3978 Says:
@priusnv Says:
They don’t even serve real tomato juice anymore. It’s labelled “Tomato Beverage”…. meaning tomato-flavored sugary salt water.
@jankopicka9335 Says:
actually, not quite true. Here I copied the relevant paragraph from the Boeing 777 flight operating manual. "Flight Lock Each door has a flight lock that automatically engages at speeds greater than 80 knots. The flight lock allows limited travel of the door operating handle sufficient to open the vent panel but prevents the door from opening. The flight lock releases at speeds less than 80 knots."
@humanbeing7938 Says:
✝️✝️
@sandeepan13 Says:
rip to the victim of the plane accident
@AshtonJune Says:
Also the afterburners, swept wing config, you know, the simple stuff.
@ryanneil70 Says:
so how did it happen then genius
@brandonli3843 Says:
Where was this filmed (airport background)?
@Spl1ntMan Says:
3:18 is it just me or does that taking off plane look like its flying really really fast?
@casualgeek1123 Says:
Problem with this video is that it did not consider an important part of the plane… the left phalange
@trevor4025 Says:
dude saying 25km then saying “is that way too low?” is insane i cant believe people like that exist
@colmsmith6686 Says:
Mickey, time for Episode 2, your 14 year lunch break is over.
@Bloxynium Says:
0:38 “I *think* it’s overshooting it “💀
@willnettles9017 Says:
13:58 what is he saying?? He can only handle what? It sounds like he's saying bread rungs
@Globe255P Says:
17:08 Why are you only asking the father questions? I can see his daughter wanted to participate as well.
@NorthCarolinaRC Says:
I’m a plane nerd who studies military aircraft since I was like 15. This video is hard to watch
@looxmaxingoonerfromhairypotty Says:
Because of the pressure???
@norecordingsoftware3309 Says:
This video made me realize I have truly become an alpine athlete. I would work extremely hard and with vigorous bursts of energy at around 13kpa and 150bpm. Thank you for teaching me about the pressure of o2 to dissolve into your bloodstream
@HLubenow Says:
"Request vector, over!" "What?" "We have clearance, Clarence." "Roger, Roger! What's our vector, Victor?" "Roger!" "Over!" "What?" "Huh?" "Who?" 🛫 😂
@rainefragger Says:
11:23 THE ANIMATION HEREEEEEE
@vidsofyermom Says:
I took 10 flights to and inside Japan and back to Canada last month. Beer only. lol
@LANDPWNR Says:
Saying that dude "was ok" is crazy
@zeusrhea3819 Says:
The black man with the Asian woman pregnant ( was requested by YouTube ? )!
@fortuner123 Says:
It's not the flight that worries me. It's the taxi trip to and from the airport.
@seedplanter7173 Says:
So if Earth is spinning couldn't a plane just fly straight up and have the destination come to you?
@sjoerd1239 Says:
So, what is the door lever for and what is meant by "locked"? More BS bait language.
@Harryisagoodhandle Says:
How do you feel about piracy?
@cseguin Says:
Yep - you are less likely to get in an accident when you fly - indeed . . . but what's the survival rate? I think the important stat is "survival" and _not_ the "chance of getting into an accident". I'd hazard a guess that the survival rate in other transportation accidents is far higher than aviation accidents. I'd much rather be in a fender-bender than plummeting to the Earth in a metal tube from 35,000 feet . . . but that's just me.
@GetRICH_or_GetWhooped Says:
Had to stop watching, cause of his question and his own answer at first part. Bye
@wehatebostonwithapassion Says:
Thank for teach me
@johngraves6878 Says:
My jaw dropped when you told me about tomato juice being the drink of choice on air flights! That is exactly the case with me, but it never occurred to me. Your channel is incredibly good!
@johng.1703 Says:
just a small correction here in regards to the planes pressure, while the vast majority of commercial jets maintain a pressure equal to around 6K-9Kft there are some private jets that maintain full sea level air pressure, to do so the plane has to be built much stronger, and as such has more weight, this is why commercial jets tend not to, but private jets can. it is mainly to do with operational cost, you use more fuel to carry the extra weight and it costs more fuel to increase the air pressure. airlines can sell cheaper tickets and make more money by going to 9Kft pressure.
@johng.1703 Says:
when in flight and at altitude you would have to have the strength of superman to open one of these doors, as it would take a few tons of force to open them due to differential air pressure. commercial planes tend to fly between 33,000ft and 44,000 feet, this is for the thinner air and less air resistance.
@chemportal949 Says:
Wonder if you still face the same noise connecting to cellular towers in a plane made of carbon fibre composite vs older aluminium planes
@jessebeegee Says:
so the door can't be opened? what is the point of distinguishing this from it being locked. the air pressure locks it in place
@nas8r567 Says:
13:11
@JosephBeno-y1z Says:
The magority of your viewers are in the USA! Express temperatures in Fahrenheit! USA is the supierior country!
@Useryt09x Says:
They open in the first place 😂
@AhmadAboulFarag Says:
You covered almost every point of interest except for one (radiation exposure)...
@pme8370 Says:
I once was in an exit row with a guy who kept threatening to open the exit door. He was someone with mental health issues who was off his meds. It was 30000 feet in the air. He could not have opened the door but it was anxiety inducing to at the least.

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