Thirty years of accident data point to one part of the cabin, and it’s the seat almost nobody picks on purpose. Plus the factor survivors say mattered more than the row, and the 90-second rule that explains why crew won’t let you take your bag.
Every pilot gets a number on the day they’re hired. It decides where they live, what they fly, whether they’re home for Christmas and how soon they become captain, and it’s why a 20-year captain will never switch airlines. Seniority, explained.
Amazon has paused flying with 21 Air after Flight 7598 overran Runway 30 at Miami, killing five. The NTSB’s recorder data shows a 158-knot touchdown, no speedbrakes or reversers, and a go-around attempted 15 seconds after landing.
At 9g a pilot’s head weighs 50 kg and the blood drains from their brain in seconds. Grey-out, tunnel vision, G-LOC: what happens inside the body during a hard pull, why the Blue Angels fly without g-suits, and the breathing trick that keeps fighter pilots awake.
