Why we are instructed to close the window in aircraft while landing / take off ?
107131
I was not aware that they asked to close them.  I have never heard that before.  What airline were you on?
130474
Must be in a particular country or on a particular airline.  I've flown frequently and the only time the passengers have ever been asked to lower the shades on a flight was during the movie.
769573
To keep from bumping their heads when they got into their planes. Can't fly if you're unconscious.
723465
yes they take their finger off the shift because they want 2 hit enter faster thats y i let go of the 1 first cuz it doesnt do anything when u just press shift ;)
965589
My house looks like a landing strip. I am expecting a plane to fly though the window any minute.
491260
It's a large amount of air pushing through a small space. It's not the "buns" flapping. It happens at the point of exit. \n\nThere really isnt any more delicate way to put it.\n\nI cant believe I just answered this question. I need a life!
1018999
No official report corroborates your claims.  You're really embarrassing yourself.  The use of profanity only shows you lack understanding, intelligence, and logic skills.  That is why you let a novice fiction filmmaker spoon-feed you information contradicting everything you saw on that day.  I am sorry for you.\n\nThe terrorists on flight 77 did not need to take off nor land the plane.  The take-off part had been done for them.  They never planned to land.  So what does it matter if they had trouble with landings?\n\nImpossible turns?  Could it be that the terrorists didn't know what they were doing?  I doubt they planned to make those insane maneuvers.  The first attempt at the pentagon was botched, so they had no choice.  They were planning to die anyway, why wouldn't they attempt an "impossible" maneuver?\n\nLight poles at the pentagon were knocked from their break-away bases (new safety design), unlike the poles the filmmaker references in another accident.  Oh, and ripped out of the ground is not damaged???  The poles did exactly what they were designed to do.\n\nhttp://911myths.com/\nhttp://www.ccdominoes.com/lc/LooseChangeGuide.html\nhttp://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/911_pentagon_757_plane_evidence.html\nhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/911_documentary_removed/\nhttp://wtc.nist.gov/\nhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html\n\nNow please shut up.
1186903
If the plane is crashing then it looks like W is in the cockpit.....\n\n(And let's hope that when Dick pulls the ripcord an anvil pops out instead of a parachute. Why? Because it would be funny.)
193381
If you're nervous about flying, taking off for the first time can be a little traumatic. It's noisy and when the plane leaves the runway you'll have a sudden "sinking" feeling oddly enough. Your ears will "pop" shortly after take-off but if you chew gum that'll help. I don't think your fear of heights will be too much of a problem...it's kind of different in a plane but I can't explain why. Try and get a window seat because the views can be spectacular. Landing is noisy too and you'll hear bumps and other strange noises but they're all normal and when you actually do touch down it's kind of like putting on the brakes really hard in your car. Don't worry, you'll be fine....driving to the airport is actually more dangerous than flying.\nHave a great trip.
38746
if your using IE, then its because most likely a popup or something to that effect was the last browser window closed\nthe last time you used it. see, IE saves the window positions right before the last window is closed, you can remedy this simply by opening up the browser (only one window) dragging the edges of the frame to where you want them (not the window itself) and then closing it. if that works (and it should) then you set, if not, then i have no idea as thats not happened to me before.
995009
Several reasons come to mind.\n\nNoise: Jets are noisy things. Keeping them as high as possible reduces nuisance noise to just when planes take off and land.\n\nEconomy: It takes a lot of jet fuel to lift an aircraft, and quite a bit to land it. Once aloft, you would want to fly through the thinnest, easiest air there is. The farther away you get from Earth, the thinner the air is. This cuts down on headwinds, bad weather, etc.\n\nPracticality: The lower an airplane flies, the more chance it has to run into something, such as a mountain, buildings, etc. not to mention dear old Mother Earth herself. Hope this helped.
1170554
When a plane ascends or descends (ascents are faster, so it is more likely to be a problem then), the pressure changes more rapidly than the mechanisms built into the body can cope with.\n\nThe inner ear is closed off from the outside world by the eardrum. A small tube links it to the back of the nose (the eustachian tube) to equalise pressure; it is normally closed, and its adjustments are normally so small you do not notice them.\n\nIn a plane the pressur change is so fast you can feel it on your ear drum, and you can also feel the "pop" as the tube opens to equalise pressure (yawning helps it to open).
860965
of course you can. but the air traffic control guys are trying to keep them as far away as they can. ususlly in landing and take off you can see othe planes near by doing their final approach or trying to establish their cours.\non the other hand if you live near an airport you can see that there are specific paths according the waether that all planes follow in order to land or take off. sometime they form a line one brhind the other always in safe and large distance.\n\nnow the sky is defined mostly by volume and not area as roads do. there is too much space to "push tin"..\nnonehteless there are certain areas in the world where air traffic is huge especailly during holidays.
741988
I don't think it's anything related to the body--such as what you stated of air pressure leaving the body.  I think it's just human nature to scream/yell when falling from a high level.  I guess you can say kinda like a reflex???  Like you eyes automaticall close when something comes close to it--so it protects the eye itself.  So, maybe the screaming is to where we may give that kind of "reflex" because when someone yells, it's in distress and hopes that the screaming/yelling will get attention from others for help.  I hope my answer made sense.  I never thought of this, so this is all from the top of my head.
271392
Im not a pilot but I have played many games where landing was a big part.  I always just made sure im headed straight for the runway, comming to the runway stretch before I would touch down my speed would have to been just enough to keep me in the air but barely falling then when the time was right id let her down. Dont know if that helps :}
838998
Mine does that too...don't know why we do it...maybe to close off our mouth as an airway?
82475
Reduce the hazards in the bedroom and decrease the chances of this happening. Drag him out on the bedding. Why do you have to use the window?