Weird But True Aviation Facts

Weird BUT TRUE AVIATION FACTS Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. 02 The captain and the first officer must always eat different meals during a flight, just in case one of them gets sick 03 Michel Lotito holds the world record for EATING an entire aircraft. In the 1990's, he spent two years eating a Cessna 150. Lotito wasted nothing on his plate; he consumed everything from the upholstered leather seats and the tyres. 04 A man once wore 70 items of clothing in a Chinese airport to avoid the baggage charge. Prince Charles and Prince William will never fly on the same aircraft, just in case there is a crash. 05 06 A surgeon performed an operation on a plane using a coat hanger sterilized with brandy! After a passenger started complaining of chest pain. Angus Wallace assessed the woman and determined that she was most likely suffering from tension pneumothorax. He used part of a coat hanger sterilized with brandy to insert a tube into her chest cavity. 07 (C-) MAYDAY' is derived from the French word m'aidez, which means help me! 08 Ears pop because as the plane climbs and the atmosphere outside becomes thinner, the cabin is artificially pressurised to a level that is different from the atmospheric pressure we're accustomed to on the ground. Air trapped in our bodies at standard atmospheric pressure, such as that in the twisting Eustachian tubes that link our middle ears to our mouths and nose, starts to expand. 0 9 In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing 1 olive from each salad served in first class. 10 More than 80% of the population is afraid of flying. 5% completely abandons flights and take alternative forms of travel. The scientific name of fear and flight altitude - aerophobia. Created by FLIGHTSTORE www.flightstore.co .uk ...... ........... .......