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Airplane windows weren’t always round

Airplane windows weren’t always round, believe it or not. Back in the 1950s, the first commercial jetliner, the de Havilland Comet, experienced a handful of tragic crashes that were eventually tied to the plane’s square window design. 

For an informative and more visual explanation as to why airplane windows are round and not square watch this video

Date: 16 Jan 2016 07:25 (UTC) category:

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Tatjana Obrazcova
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