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Revolutionary new system could END aeroplane turbulence forever, and this is how it works

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AEROPLANE turbulence can be terrifying, but a cutting-edge new technology could make flights completely bump-free within the next few years.</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of aeroplane turbulence is almost here, and this is how its going to work</td></tr>
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It really doesn't matter how often you fly, the thought of crashing through turbulence at 35,000 feet is always terrifying.</div>
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Commercial flights encounter a few bumps every day of the week, with most cases resulting in nothing more than a small tea spill on the tray table.</div>
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However<a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-aeroplane.html"> – when turbulence really hits, things can get pretty hairy</a>.</div>
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Turbulence is extremely unlikely to ever bring a plane down <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-aeroplane.html">but it can cause harm to passengers and crew</a> who might not be strapped to their seats.</div>
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It can also transform quiet, uneventful flights into scenes like this – </div>
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But a new technology hopes to bring an end to the terror of turbulence once and for all. And it’s already being used.</div>
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Total Turbulence is a new system developed by The Weather Company and is set to revolutionise air travel.</div>
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Fitted to the aeroplane, the Total Turbulence system keeps a vigilant eye on what is happening miles above our heads.</div>
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State-of-the-art software monitors every bump and even measures the exact force of the turbulent air outside the plane.</div>
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All of this data is instantly relayed to the ground where it is mapped and combined with the latest weather reports from aviation meteorologists.</div>
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Combined, this vital information provides a detailed map of the world's turbulence which can then be beamed to pilots in the area – helping them to pick clean air.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aviation meteorologists analyse the live feed from aeroplanes and combine it with weather reports </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Accurate up-to-date information about turbulence can then be beamed to the cockpit </td></tr>
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Since pilots are picking a path through known patches of turbulence, the result is smoother, safer flight for everyone onboard.</div>
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Total Turbulence can also be cheaper for airlines, since they no longer have to pick-up the bill for any damages or delays.</div>
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More than 700 planes are currently fitted with the Total Turbulence system, with around 14,000 observations beamed back to The Weather Company every day.</div>
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Speaking about the revolutionary system, Mark D. Miller, Vice President and General Manager of Decision Support, told <em>NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</em>: "Turbulence free flights are definitely the goal and we're making significant progress towards that goal.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark D. Miller told Express.co.uk that turbulence-free flights could be on the way</td></tr>
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"Science and technology allows continuous improvement in our ability to forecast areas where we can expect turbulence.</div>
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"Over the next five to 10 years with computer power increasing and the flight models get more sophisticated you could envision significant improvement in our ability to predict where turbulence is.</div>
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"This is an area that's improving all the time and the aim is to predict 100 per cent of turbulent areas and the industry is working hard towards that goal".</div>
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UK carriers are believed to be extremely interested in the system.</div>
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<section class="text-description">Total Turbulence says it's already reducing the effects of turbulence by around 50 per cent and, with more aircraft being fitted with the system, this success rate is set to rapidly increase.</section><section class="text-description">The new system is all ready covering most of the Atlantic, North America and large parts of Asia with Europe’s turbulence mapping also increasing.</section><section class="text-description">Modern planes are becoming better connected with fast WiFi offering the ability to transfer more data to the ground.</section><section class="text-description">New planes such as Boeing's 787 Dreamliner are also able to fly higher allowing them to glide over bumpy conditions.</section><section class="text-description">And with turbulence technology improving all the time the dream of a turbulent-free flights might soon be a reality.</section>

Revolutionary new system could END aeroplane turbulence forever, and this is how it works

AEROPLANE turbulence can be terrifying, but a cutting-edge new technology could make flights completely bump-free within the next few years...

EasyJet unveils futuristic hybrid aeroplane design

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EASYJET has taken the wraps off a stunning new concept aeroplane with a zero emissions hydrogen fuel system.</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EasyJet unveils futuristic hybrid aeroplane design, which could be trialled later this year </td></tr>
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Passengers with a low-cost airline could be served water created as a waste product from hydrogen batteries under plans for a zero emissions fuel system.</div>
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Budget airline easyJet made the claim as it unveiled designs for a hybrid plane which could be trialled later this year.</div>
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The concept would involve storing a hydrogen fuel cell in the aircraft's hold.</div>
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Energy captured as the brakes are deployed during landing would then power the jet when it is on the ground, similar to the kinetic energy recovery system used in Formula One.</div>
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Ian Davies, easyJet's head of engineering, said the water produced as a waste product from the batteries would be discarded or reused.</div>
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Asked whether it would be served to passengers, he replied: "I think we could reuse the water. It's absolutely pure. Why would we throw water away when it's absolutely pure?"</div>
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Mr Davies said it could be used for drinking and flushing toilets.</div>
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He added: "This is potentially the freshest, cleanest water."</div>
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EasyJet estimates that around 4% of its fuel consumption is used when its aircraft are taxiing. The airline hopes hybrid planes could save around 50,000 tonnes of fuel for its fleet each year. This is equivalent to around 25 million to 35 million US dollars (£17 million to £24 million).</div>
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The system is being developed in partnership with Cranfield University in Bedfordshire.</div>
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Mr Davies, speaking in Venice at the launch of easyJet's latest base, said: "At easyJet we are continuing to apply the use of new digital and engineering technologies across the airline.</div>
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"The hybrid plane concept we are announcing today is both a vision of the future and a challenge to our partners and suppliers to continue to push the boundaries towards reducing our carbon emissions."</div>
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EasyJet hopes to launch the hybrid plane within the next decade.</div>

EasyJet unveils futuristic hybrid aeroplane design

EASYJET has taken the wraps off a stunning new concept aeroplane with a zero emissions hydrogen fuel system. EasyJet unveils futuri...

This is what it’s like to be an aeroplane passenger during EXTREME turbulence

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AEROPLANE passengers have flooded Reddit with pictures from INSIDE a plane that hit intense turbulence. And it looks terrifying.</h2>
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</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"></section><section class="text-description">Food and drink was sent flying inside the cabin as the aeroplane dropped sharply twice and started violently shaking with no warning.</section><section class="text-description">The aftermath of the terror was captured on camera with Reddit users posting about the experience.</section><section class="text-description">“No warning at all. It was terrifying actually. I thought that might be the end of me,” Reddit user Falsabaina commented.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY99Q1bjnlw-KTgvLWZC5Nw_2qicgUBco5jXE8EmUtUawQg6aoynV1qkHi151snm-wxI6JVEulVRTsRSGeprXp310iBz_EyATRJdb1gCby8lXH8thvM3iKuQ5W4BAYfuNtMm0ExETWS055/s1600/This+is+what+it%25E2%2580%2599s+like+to+be+an+aeroplane+passenger+during+EXTREME+turbulence++2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="This is what it’s like to be an aeroplane passenger during EXTREME turbulence " border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY99Q1bjnlw-KTgvLWZC5Nw_2qicgUBco5jXE8EmUtUawQg6aoynV1qkHi151snm-wxI6JVEulVRTsRSGeprXp310iBz_EyATRJdb1gCby8lXH8thvM3iKuQ5W4BAYfuNtMm0ExETWS055/s640/This+is+what+it%25E2%2580%2599s+like+to+be+an+aeroplane+passenger+during+EXTREME+turbulence++2.jpg" title="This is what it’s like to be an aeroplane passenger during EXTREME turbulence " width="640" /></a></section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description">Another passenger added: “It was a red-eye flight so we got breakfast at the end of the flight in the morning.</section><section class="text-description">"We were only an hour into the flight. We had a little bump-de-bump at first and then all of a sudden the plane just dropped and started shaking like crazy.</section><section class="text-description">"Then the second drop came. </section><section class="text-description">“Everything up in the air, wine on the roof. Quite a few screams and general terror."</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description">Rebecca Batten, another passenger on the Air New Zealand flight, said it “sounded like we had lost an engine.”</section><section class="text-description">“I was drenched with red wine and salad and was sitting two seats away from the man who was burned by the teapot,” she added.</section><section class="text-description">"I had a flight attendant on the ground beside me, clinging to my seat for safety."</section><section class="text-description">  </section><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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It turns out aeroplane wifi at 35,000ft is faster than Britain's home broadband

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SURFING the web above the clouds is eight times faster than trying to do the same in 1.25 million UK households.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wifi aboard the Boeing Dreamliner rarely dipped below 7Mbps</td></tr>
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Aeroplane wifi has come a long way. State-of-the-art jets are being fitted with wireless internet, allowing passengers to access emails, tweets and Facebook updates.</div>
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<i>NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</i> recently took a flight across the atlantic and – with our laptop powered up – decided to put this in-flight internet to the test.</div>
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Our flight – aboard one of Boeing's new Dreamliner planes – took us from San Francisco to London, and our expectations of being able to work online in the sky were very low.</div>
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But after a quick log-in process (and an expensive 24hour rate) we found ourselves enjoying reasonable speeds throughout the 5,300 mile journey across the globe.</div>
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<i>NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</i> performed a series of tests to see how good the wifi really was.</div>
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Amazingly, we rarely dipped below 7Mbps – almost four times faster than many UK residents get from fixed broadband at home.</div>
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Although that's plenty fast to stream Netflix, <i>NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</i> has some troubling getting the popular on-demand video service to load – after the US service couldn't identify our region as we crossed the pond.</div>
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The current minimum set for UK internet access is around 28.8 kilobits a second, but the aim is to provide speeds of at least 2Mbps to all British homes.</div>
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Some 1.25 million UK homes currently have a broadband speed of 2Mbps or less. However the UK average is much higher, sitting at around 22.8Mbps.</div>
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The Government has already set aside as much as £1.6billion to increase speeds.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The current minimum set for UK internet access is around 28.8 kilobits a second </td></tr>
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Prime Minister David Cameron last year stated: "Access to the internet shouldn’t be a luxury; it should be a right — absolutely fundamental to life in 21st century Britain.</div>
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"That is why I’m announcing a giant leap in my digital mission for Britain.</div>
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"Just as our forebears effectively brought gas, electricity and water to all, we’re going to bring fast broadband to every home and business that wants it. </div>
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"That’s right: we’re getting Britain – all of Britain – online and on the way to becoming the most prosperous economy in the whole of Europe."</div>
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But while some homes in the UK struggle towards 2Mbps, <i>NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</i> was able to download an entire music album in a little over a minute.</div>
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The Government says that they aim to provide super-fast broadband, speeds of 24Mbps or more, for at least 95 per cent of UK premises by 2017.</div>
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An increasing number of airlines including Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Etihad offer wifi in the sky.</div>
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British Airways is also trialling the service on some of its long haul jets. Prices start from around £14 for 24 hours.</div>
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So if broadband can be pushed to this limit on a plane flying at over 500mph, why are so many Britons still lagging behind?</div>
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Broadband is now an essential feature in our homes and Britain's broadband needs to be better, especially as our internet access now lags behind other countries – even the Ukraine is providing better superfast broadband.</div>
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Recent data from the Ookla online speed test showed that London's average download broadband speed ranked 26th out of 33 European capital cities.</div>
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Richard Lloyd, executive director of Which?, said: "It's not good enough that millions of homes are so poorly served by their broadband provider with speeds that just don't live up to what was advertised.</div>
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"Broadband is an essential part of life these days so people shouldn't be persuaded to buy a package which is never going to live up to expectations."</div>
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What does it take to SNAP an aeroplane wing? Scared of flying you might want to watch THIS

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IF YOU'VE ever nervously watched the wings on an aeroplane bounce their way through some turbulence – this video should put your mind at ease.</div>
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Ever wondered how much turbulence it takes to <em>snap</em> a aeroplane wing? </div>
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Well, it turns out it is a colossal amount of force. Airbus have posted a video online which shows the firm pushing its wings to breaking-point in an internal stress test.</div>
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The behind-the-scenes clip shows the wings of an A350 XWB being twisted up into terrifying angles.</div>
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Airbus applied loads of up to 1.5 times higher than those the aircraft would ever encounter in its entire in-service life.</div>
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At ultimate load, the A350 XWB wingtip deflection exceeds five metres</div>
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Amazingly – the wings are able to take the shocking punishment without any substantial damage.</div>
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The French firm posted online: "Airbus’ thorough programme of static ground testing – including mechanical load and pressurisation evaluations – proves the A350 XWB’s structural limits before the aircraft can make its first flight."</div>
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The jetliner’s wings are more efficient and quieter due to their advanced design and are able to adapt while airborne, tailoring it for maximum aerodynamic efficiency in the various phases of flight.</div>
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The Airbus A350XWB is one of the latest hi-tech aeroplanes to take to the skies.</div>
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With a lightweight design, the A350 has a 25 per cent lower fuel consumption compared to its current long-range competitors.</div>
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It also brings a new level of passenger comfort, with more personal space and 18-inch wide seats as standard in Economy.</div>
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Life-saving PLANE CRASH escape system is being IGNORED, says inventor

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AIRCRAFT manufacturers are not doing enough to protect their passengers, the inventor of a potentially life-saving escape pod has claimed.</div>
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A potentially revolutionary escape pod system for commercial jets is being ignored, its Russian inventor Gamil Halidov has claimed.</div>
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Mr Halidov designed the concept, which connects the passenger compartment inside the plane fuselage to a huge parachute.</div>
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In the event of an mid-air disaster – a pod would blast from the fuselage of the plane and then float safely to the ground.</div>
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But airline manufacturers have so far rejected the radical escape pod idea – despite agreeing the idea would save lives, its creator has claimed.</div>
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Mr Halidov believes the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268, which resulted in the death of the 224 people aboard, could result in airline manufacturers reassessing the idea.</div>
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Russian inventor Gamil Halidov first dreamt up the plane safety mechanism more than 15 years ago, back in 2000.</div>
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Mr Halidov and his engineer son built the system to protect passengers on board a plane that is minutes away from an impact.</div>
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His plan involves creating yet another layer within the plane that could eject itself from the aircraft once it is certain that a crash is imminent.</div>
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The capsule he designed is made out of polymer material that is not only pressurised but it is also impossible to sink or burn.</div>
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He also estimated that the additional work will weigh no more than between 2 and 4 tonnes, and will therefore not significantly affect the plane's performance or fuel consumption.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the event of a crash, the inside of the aircraft can be ejected saving passengers </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pod has a large parachute – stopping it from plummeting 35,000ft</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian inventor Gamil Halidov says the safety mechanism does not add weight to the plane</td></tr>
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Mr Halidov was inspired to do something to help save passengers after the death of Artyom Borovik, a well-known journalist, who perished in a plane crash.</div>
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Speaking about the project, Mr Halidov said: "The aircraft designers are always improving the construction but they still don't do anything to help save passenger lives when it all goes wrong."</div>
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The final price of an upgraded aircraft would be five to seven per cent higher than the initial price, he estimated.</div>
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Aircraft builder Igor Tabachuk however has said that the scepticism over the project comes from the fact that more and more systems mean more and more things that can go wrong and therefore more problems to tackle in the first place.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian inventor Gamil Halidov first dreamt up the idea in 2000</td></tr>
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AIRBUS A380 races two men in jet pack suits in James Bond-style chase over Dubai.</div>
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Daredevils Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet have raced the World's largest passenger plane across the skies above Dubai.</div>
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Jetmen Rossy and Reffet are dwarfed by the giant double-decker A380, which can carry over 500 passengers.</div>
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The formation flight looks effortless in the short video, but the painstaking planning took months to prepare.</div>
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The carefully choreographed aerial showcase involved the world’s largest passenger aircraft flying at 4,000 feet in two holding patterns.</div>
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The A380 aircraft was then joined by the Jetmen Dubai duo, experienced pilots and operators of the smallest jet propelled wing, who were deployed from a helicopter that hovered above the aircraft at 5,500 feet.</div>
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Adel Al Redha, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Emirates said: “This display between man and machine celebrates the magic and beauty of flight, a feat which just over a hundred years ago would have seemed an impossible dream.</div>
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"It also showcases how far human vision and ambition has, and can continue to push aviation’s boundaries."</div>
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Ismaeil Al Hashmi, Managing Director of Jetman Dubai added: "This demonstration of winged innovation is a perfect celebration of the values and intentions that both Jetman Dubai and Emirates share: striving for excellence and shaping perceptions.</div>
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"Dubai, a city that’s constantly breaking boundaries and creating history, is the ideal host for this exceptional Jetman formation flight, which once again pushes the frontiers of aviation.”</div>
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During the formation flight, the Emirates A380 flew at a weight of just 350 tonnes (the maximum weight of an A380 is 575 tonnes).</div>
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As the largest passenger aircraft in the world, wake turbulence was the most significant risk to the Jetman during the flight.</div>
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This force from the giant engines could have caused the Jetman to tumble dangerously out of control.</div>
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Pilot Yves Rossy from Jetman Dubai said: “I come from a background of piloting commercial aircraft and it was always a dream to fly without the constraints of being inside a cockpit.</div>
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"Vince and I are thrilled to partner with Emirates and would like to thank them for helping us turn yet another dream into reality.</div>
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"It was absolutely surreal flying alongside the biggest aircraft there is and we felt like mosquitos beside a gigantic eagle.”</div>

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WHAT are the best – and the worst – seats boost your chances of surviving an aeroplane CRASH?</div>
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Flying is statistically one of the safest forms of transport. In fact, the chances of being in a fatal accident from 35,000ft are one in <em>seven million.</em></div>
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That means you could fly every day of your life – and it would take <em>nineteen thousand years</em> before you die on a plane journey.</div>
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Still not convinced its safe?</div>
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<section class="text-description">A packed 727 jet would have to crash every day of the week – with <em>no</em> survivors – for the total annual number of deaths in air travel to equal those who die on the road in the US alone.</section><section class="text-description">But suppose something does happen and you are one of the unlucky few on a doomed flight?</section><section class="photo on-left"><span class="photo-caption"></span> </section><section class="text-description"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="photo-caption">Is your fate dictated by the seat you are assigned by your airline?</span></td></tr>
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Is there a seat which maximises your chance of survival? Or worse still, is there one which reduces the likelihood of you being able to walk away from the wreckage?</section><section class="text-description">A number of theories on seat safety were put to the test by a research team back in 2012, for Channel 4 documentary, <em>The Crash</em>.</section><section class="text-description">The researchers ploughed a Boeing 727 – fitted with sensors and cameras – into the Sonoran Desert in Mexico, to simulate a crash.</section><section class="text-description">The test crash proved that sitting in the rear of the aeroplane gave passengers a much greater chance of survival.</section><section class="text-description">Meanwhile, those in First Class – comfortably housed at the front of the plane – would have struggled to make it out of the fuselage alive.</section><section class="text-description">A staggering force of 12G was recorded at the front of the plane, compared to just 6G in the rear.</section><section class="text-description">Other tests have also concluded that the rear of the plane is safer than the cockpit and First Class areas at the front.</section><section class="text-description">However both Boeing and Airbus have previously gone on record claiming no one seat is safer than any other.</section><section class="text-description">If you survive the initial crash, getting out as quickly as possible clearly offers a greater chance of staying alive.</section><section class="text-description">A report commissioned by the Civil Aviation Authority showed that passengers seated within six rows of an exit stood the best chance of survival.</section><section class="text-description">However, the difference between sitting by the window or aisle is said to be marginal.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"><h3>
<strong>Safety Verdict:</strong></h3>
</section><section class="text-description">There are around 18 million flights every year and taking to the skies is still one of the safest ways to get around.</section><section class="text-description">But, if you're scared of flying and want the safest seat, it seems sitting at the rear of the plane gives you the greatest chance of survival should things go wrong.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Channel 4 sent a  727 smashing into the desert to test out theories on airline safety</td></tr>
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</section><section class="text-description">Sitting in an aisle seat six rows from an exit and keeping your seatbelt fastened at all times will also boost your chances.</section><section class="text-description">In 2014 more than three billion people flew on commercial aircraft and during that time there were 81 accidents and 210 fatalities.</section><section class="text-description">The University of Oxford calculates that Britons have odds of one in 3.5m dying in a plane crash compared to one in 36,512 of dying in a motor accident.</section>

REVEALED: Where you need to sit to SURVIVE an aeroplane CRASH

The chances of being in a fatal accident from 35,000ft are one in seven MILLION WHAT are the best – and the worst – seats boost your ch...

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