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Blinds up on plane windows??

  • 02-08-2011 6:27pm
    #1
    Musicman2006
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭


    When the plane's landing the air hostesses are given the seemingly crucial task of ensuring that every blind on the plane is rolled up....

    Why is this!?


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  • #2
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Musicman2006 wrote: »
    When the plane's landing the air hostesses are given the seemingly crucial task of ensuring that every blind on the plane is rolled up....

    Why is this!?

    Incase the plane crashes so that the emergancy services can see in.

    Similar reasons for the lights being dimmed during take off and landing for nighttime flights, so that your eyes can ajust to darkened conditions, again incase of a crash.


  • #3
    Karona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    I think it is because if they are down, when the plane is landing they are gonna make a huge racket, coz its plastic rattling off plastic.


  • #4
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Similar reasons for the lights being dimmed during take off and landing for nighttime flights, so that your eyes can ajust to darkened conditions, again incase of a crash.

    I thought that was to save power, no? :confused:


  • #5
    PseudoFamous
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    To allow quick adjustment to changes in light in case the plane crashes, so the passengers can escape faster without being blinded, the same reason they turn off all cabin lighting.

    It also helps emergency services get in faster, as mentioned above


  • #6
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    OP alt account banned, question answered.

    Locked


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