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  2. Airstair - Wikipedia

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    During the 2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, a flight crew took off in the Boeing 727 that was to be crashed and flew it to a pre-selected desert site before safely parachuting from the airstair, as the Mexican government required that the plane be flown by a human crew for part of the experiment, especially as the aircraft's route to the crash ...

  3. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    Two flights of stairs joined by a landing. Flight: Any uninterrupted series of steps between floors or levels. ... On a rarely used staircase from before 1754, ...

  4. Boarding stairs - Wikipedia

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    Boarding stairs with canopy. Boarding stairs must be robust and stable, capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions. They are designed to adapt to the curved shape of the aircraft fuselage to which they must be attached, and to be able to raise and lower them to adjust the upper platform to the height of the aircraft, allowing passengers get on and off from the ground to the aircraft ...

  5. Starting Dec. 4, Southwest flight attendant crews will wrap up in-flight service at 18,000 feet to begin preparing the cabin for landing sooner, a spokesperson for the Dallas-based carrier ...

  6. What Does a Plane Go Through Before It Can Fly? - AOL

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    Boeing Rest easy in your window seat -- your plane has been tested and tested ... and tested Anyone who's sat in a window seat and watched an airplane's wing shake through turbulence like a leaf ...

  7. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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    Passenger boarding stairs. Passenger boarding stairs, sometimes referred to as boarding ramps, stair car or aircraft steps, provide a mobile means to traverse between the aircraft doors and the ground. Because larger aircraft have door sills 5 to 20 feet (1.5 to 6.1 m) high, stairs facilitate safe boarding and deplaning.

  8. Landing - Wikipedia

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    Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting , although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown" a or " splashdown " as well.

  9. ‘One of the most terrifying things’: The steps taken to keep ...

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    Allegiant’s spokeswoman said the flight was delayed because the injured flight attendant needed to be replaced. The flight left at 7:04 p.m., arriving in Lexington at 9:19 p.m.