Seat belts securely mounted, tray tables stowed, hand baggage safely tucked beneath the seat in entrance… The pre-flight guidelines is greater than a bit of acquainted to all of us, however there’s one factor of aviation housekeeping that always leaves travellers a bit of in the dead of night.
Any take-off or touchdown in the course of the nighttimes additionally requires a curious additional factor of protocol: the dimming of cabin lights.
Through the years there have been numerous theories as to why airways do that, starting from minimising light pollution within the evening sky and conserving engine energy, to making a calmer and extra subdued cabin setting to sooth nervous fliers.
However the reality is kind of completely different. All of it comes all the way down to security throughout a flight’s important phases. In response to Aviation Security Community statistics, the best proportion of accidents takes place throughout descent.
“The human eye can simply take…
