LOT has a window problem, they break 2 within 2 weeks
Fear of flying is quite common, everyone suffers from it a little bit, some more and some less. Being at 10 [...]
LOT Polish Airlines
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La fear to fly is enough common, Everyone suffers from it a little bit, some more and some less. Being 10 kilometers above the ground above the clouds is quite a strange feeling but fascinating.
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That the airplane is the most safe statistics say it, the probability of a fatal accident is 1 in 11 million, it is easier to die at the hand (or mouth) of a shark with a 1 in 3 million chance. The cars we don't even count them, because the odds are so high that there is no comparison.
Yet some big scare happen to catch it when traveling by air, especially when there are the very obnoxious turbulence that make your heart leap into your throat. It is very rare for aircraft damage to occur as a result of turbulence, yet it happened twice to LOT Polish Airlines within two weeks.
A few days ago, during landing at JFK there was turbulence that cracked the window:
The plane landed without any problems, and the carrier reports that the window was perfectly intact; it was the electrophotochromic layer that broke.
Only two weeks earlier a plane, also from Polish Airlines, had to return to the airport because there was a crack on the window of the piloting And, to avoid loss of pressure, he returned to the ground.
What do airplane windows look like?
Planes travel at about 900km/h at an altitude of about 11,000 meters, must withstand differences in pressure and different stresses structural, reasoning that the materials from which they are constructed are of very high strength, including windows.
A window in an airliner must withstand a pressure greater than the 33% than the external pressure, according to FAA regulations so a window must be able to withstand more than 170 kg of strength.
Aircraft windows consist of the following. 3 layers different: one internal, one intermediate and one external, the material used is the plexiglass, the thickest layer is thick 2.5 cm In such a way as to withstand all stresses.
Why is there a hole in airplane windows?
The innermost, "lightest" layer is in close contact with the booth and the passengers and has the sole function of protecting the other two layers from the impacts and distraction of the passengers themselves.
Why is it punctured? A question that everyone has asked at least once in their lives, the reason is simple: that little hole is called a "breathing hole" and is used to flow air between the two layers and balance the pressure between them by balancing it.
It also serves to prevent condensation from forming between layers; in fact, moisture would fog the window.
