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2 articles tagged #safety.

Active Flights illustration contrasting a square window with stress lines crowding its corner against a smoothly rounded window.

Aviation12 Feb 20264 min read

Why Airplane Windows Are Round — a Deadly Lesson from 1954

Airplane windows have rounded corners for a reason written in tragedy. The story of the world's first jetliner and the physics of a sharp corner.

Active Flights illustration of a widebody jet trailing a plume of jettisoned fuel, on an Active Flights blog card.

Aviation15 Jan 20265 min read

Why Planes Dump Fuel in Mid-Air (and Why Some Can't)

A jet that just took off with a full tank is too heavy to land. Here's why some aircraft jettison fuel, how it works, and where it goes.