Questions tagged [cabin-design]
The layout or features of the area where the passengers sit in an airliner.
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What is this Slot for in My Flights Overhead Panel?
Does anybody know what this slot is for in my planes overhead panel? I think it was an airbus A320 or similar if that helps. Opening it revealed what looked like a a black socket, but not for ...
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What does this switch on Boeing Sky overhead bins do? Why is it always set before taxi?
The pivoting overhead luggage bins in the Boeing Sky interior have a tiny switch/lever on one side. In my experience, cabin crew always flips this switch on every single bin (as indicated by the arrow ...
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Is it permissible to have exit row with ordinary seat spacing?
I was recently flying a flight with an exit row seat on the overwing exit.
I was expecting increased seat spacing for this row but to my surprise the seat spacing seemed exactly the same as rows ahead ...
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Passenger cabin asymmetric seating and balance [duplicate]
In the early 1990s I made many short haul flights in Short 360 aircraft. These had passenger seats set up as two rows on the right, one row on the left as per the picture.
Assuming a full load of ...
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How are two seats supposed to fit side by side into a 3 ft 8 in (~1.15 m) wide cabin?
According to GlobalAir, the Cessna P210N "Pressurized Centurion" has a cabin width of 3 ft 8 in (~1.15 m). However are two seats (plus some space inbetween to be able to get through to the ...
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How can I modify a fuselage to increase the payload?
I'm designing a regional turboprop for a university assignment. The design requirements are very similar to the Dash 8 Q400 in terms of passenger capacity (90 pax), speed, range, runway length ...
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Why is the airflow in airline cabins downwards?
Air is distributed from overhead outlets and flows downwards towards the floor. Since the exhaled air is hotter than the air around, and tends to concentrate towards the ceiling, wouldn't it make more ...
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Why don't airlines place some physical separator between passengers in the planes to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
Why don't airlines place some physical separator between passengers in the planes to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
A bit like the following, but adapted for cabins and viruses:
(image source)
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Why did early 747s have only two or three windows on the upper deck on each side?
All 747-100s and some 747-200s were built with just three windows on each side of the upper deck.[1] I'm wondering why so few?
Some of the 100s were retro-fitted with ten windows on each side, so ...
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Is the passenger capacity of the A350 really only 250 pax?
I read online that the capacity of an A350 was 250 passengers, but I took the max cabin width and length of an A350-900XWB, and I ended up with a 400 passenger capacity in a 4-class layout.
Economy ...
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Do airliner cabin filters trap viruses or other pathogens?
I understand that half the air in an airliner is re-circulated (per How much air is recirculated (vs. bleed air injected) in modern airliners cabin?). Of this 50% re-circulated air, what it's the ...
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Why does the UH-1 Huey have a hump at the rear of the cabin?
Why does the Huey have this weird hump as shown in the picture? For some system? Why not remove it?
https://www.helis.com/h2/uh-1h_seats.jpg
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What's the aisle width of long range business jet?
What's the average aisle width for long range business jet such as Gulfstream G500?
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Why is this exit indicator placed here?
Some Boeing 737s have this exit indicator in the cabin, attached in a seemingly odd position, next to the overhead bins, instead of in the middle.
Why is it placed here?
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Why didn't Boeing make the Sky Interior for the Boeing 777?
Generally, Boeing has attempted to make the interiors of their aircraft as similar as possible, with one "unified" interior across different aircraft (i.e. based on a single "look and ...
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Are cabin dividers used to "hide" the flex of the airplane?
Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane....
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Why do the CRJ700 window shades open in different directions?
On a CRJ700, the window shades in the rows immediately fore and aft of the exit doors open downward. All the rest open upward. Seen on more than one aircraft. Is there an engineering rationale for ...
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What material is used to make the interior sidewalls panels, ceiling as well as luggage bins in a commercial aircraft?
What material is use to make the interior sidewalls panels, ceiling as well as luggage bins? All these elements seems to be made of similar material.
What is the weight these cabin interior elements ...
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Why is the lower deck of the Airbus A380 curved like a single deck airplane?
I recently traveled on the lower deck of an A380 and the section where the side walls of the fuselage and its roof top meet is curved just like any single deck airplane.
Credits: Wikimedia Commons
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Are there any passenger aircraft with no cabin access to/from the cockpit?
Most passenger aircraft (airliners and business aircraft) have an internal door or doorway connecting the cockpit area to the main cabin; are there passenger aircraft where there is a solid partition ...
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Can anyone tell what kind or even which airplane this is?
As stated in this post on the Dutch Police website (Google Translate English version) this morning (12th june 2018), they are looking for all available information concerning the image below. All help ...
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How to reduce cosmic radiation in commercial aviation? [duplicate]
There have been some (somewhat limited) studies that show (certain) cancer risks increase with flying hours:
The risk for all cancers, malignant melanoma, prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma of ...
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What is the overhead instrument panel (pictured) near the front galley area of an A320?
I have noticed this overhead instrument panel. It is convered by a transparent plastic lid with a small hole in the middle. Inside it has lot of switches. What is it supposed to do and who operates ...
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Is the increased humidity on modern jets artificial?
Aircraft manufacturer’s including Boeing and Airbus have emphasised on greater passenger comfort owing to an increase in humidity on newer jets such as the 787 and A350 artificial? Or is it a direct ...
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Can cameras and LCD screens replace cabin windows?
Windows in aircraft create a weakness to the structure, that is why they are very small. I'm not asking about installing them in the cockpit, which would create safety pitfalls, but could the windows ...
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Are overhead bins airtight?
This question is prompted by a recent news about a dog dying while transported in the cabin overhead bin for about 3.5 hours.
Are those bins airtight enough to cause death of a (relatively) small ...
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Why are there no "sleeper" planes?
On a recent long-haul flight I sat by the windows and was dreaming away staring into infinity out of the window. Then a thought came up, in Asia sleeping busses are very common. This made me think, ...
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Is the air bleeded from the engine to maintain cabin pressure for airlines heated or cooled [duplicate]
Is the air bleeded from the engine to maintain cabin pressure for airlines heated or cooled. If heated, what device is used, if cooled, what device is used and in both cases how much energy does it ...
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What's this red cabin light indicator inside a Boeing 737?
What's this red light indicator inside the cabin, its flush with the sides of the plane. The exact location would be a couple of rows ahead of the overwing exit seats.
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What are these light like panels on the overhead bins of Boeing 737?
These light like panels are seen in older Boeing 737s. I've never seen them turn on. Could someone enlighten (no pun intended).
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How many layers do the Boeing 787 cabin windows have and what might make them fail? [duplicate]
I am interested to know how the Boeing 787 cabin windows are made. Specifically, how many layers do they have and what can make them crack in-flight?
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Do you have to worry about airborne disease on an international air flight?
Flu? Pneumonia? Anthrax? smallpox? Do you have to worry about them or there are designs in place to prevent them? Like some sort of sophisticated ventilation system?
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Why aren't the passenger seats designed as jump seats (foldable) in commercial airlines?
We know that the crew seats in an airplane are "jump seats (foldable)", which made me wonder why it isn't the same case with passenger seats.
Some advantages which I see if passenger seats are ...
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Why is the temperature of the cabin so low during a flight?
While I understand that at very high altitudes the ambient air temperature is extremely cold outside the aircraft (-56 F), it always bothers me that I find myself sneezing and genuinely uncomfortable ...
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What does this black triangle placard on board an A320 denote?
Just out of interest whilst travelling aboard a British Airways A320-232 G-MIDT on the 9.45 BA shuttle service (LGW-GLA) in seat 10F I noticed a placard above the window of seat 9F. Given this seat ...
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What are these five indicators at the front of the 737 passenger cabin?
As a passenger I noticed a set of five indicators on the ceiling at the front of the 737 passenger cabin. They are red, yellow (or white), blue, white, red.
The red ones seem to be coupled together (...
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Why don't we have allocated cabin baggage space just like seats? [closed]
There is always a hassle of finding overhead cabin baggage space. Why don't airlines, divide the space and allocate it for each seat, just like they have allocated space for cabin crew and demo stuff.
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Why are lavatories located near the exits of an airplane?
Is there some scientific or technical reason to locate the lavatories near the plane exits? Wouldn't it create problems during evacuation, if the swing open doors gets unlatched etc on forced landing ...
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Why does an airliner fuselage have a constant section over its length rather than a tear drop shape?
It is usually stated than a tear drop shape is a good shape for aerodynamic efficiency:
Adapted from Nasa
On the other hand, fuselage on an airliner has most of the time a long cylindrical section ...
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Do any modern airliners have a non-flat floor in the passenger cabin?
Are there any non-flat (sloped or stepped) passenger cabins in modern commercial planes? E.g. the floor at the back of the cabin is a few centimeters higher than at the front?
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Who is responsible for getting approval of cabin layout?
There are many aircrafts. There are many layouts. Even same aircraft model can have many layouts. Emirates offer in-flight shower while other airlines do not. Toilets locations may differ from ...
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What is the viability of stacking passengers in an airplane cabin?
I've came across on youtube a new design for stacking passengers in an airplane cabin, that looks at first sight interesting.
What would be the advantages and drawbacks of such a design? Why this is ...
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Are there different configurations of cabin crew seating arrangement for one aircraft model?
In many airlines, cabin crew are shown to be sitting in different areas. Is it common for airlines to offer different seating configurations for a particular airline model? Also, are there any ...
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Why don't airliners use noise cancelling?
Some cars have started using noise cancelling in their cabins, through the speaker system. It's a well established technique for dealing with low frequency noise like engine rumble and wind noise.
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Are the cockpit and crew rest area considered part of the cabin?
A few days ago, a travel blogger wrote about smoking on a China Eastern flight, and the smell of cigarettes came from either the cockpit or the crew rest area:
So I’m not sure who is smoking, ...
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Why do older planes not have a middle hand luggage compartment?
Why do older planes not have a middle hand luggage compartment?
Where are the oxygen masks for the people in the middle rows?
L-1011 Interior:
777 Interior:
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Why were the TWA TriStar middle seats smaller than the aisle seats?
I was watching an old TWA advert and a question came up:
why were the L-1011 TriStar middle seats smaller than the aisle seats?
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What is this white smoke like thing, seen inside the cabin before takeoff?
I saw this quite thick white smoke like thing in the cabin in my last flight, before takeoff that is, while it was taxiing and loading passengers:
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If the cabin temperature controller does not function, does the pilot have to make an emergency landing?
The cabin temperature controller in commercial airlines, controls the cabin temperature. But if for any reason, it does not function, does the pilot have to make an emergency landing, or can he cruise ...
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Can heated air be provided in the cabin in commercial airlines?
Having travelled quite a number of times, there are times, when the cabin becomes a bit too cold, or people with certain condition get shivering quickly. In such circumstances and generally, is it ...
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