Why do airlines avoid the Pacific Ocean? You might think it was a safety issue. The Pacific is the largest and deepest of the world’s oceans. If a plane encounters a problem over a seemingly endless and bottomless pond of water, the pilots are going to have a rough time finding a safe spot to set her down.
Guessing that it is a safety precaution wouldn’t be entirely wrong. When planning a route, many pilots prefer to maximize the number of airports along their path. Emergencies are incredibly rare relative to how many planes take to the skies every day. That said, it isn’t the main reason airlines tend to avoid making a straight shot east to west…
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SUMMARY:
– When planning a route, many pilots prefer to maximize the number of airports along their path.
– Excluding special circumstances such as passing through the jet streams or other meteorological concerns, the fastest route is almost always the one closest to a straight line.
– On a 2D map, making a giant rainbow to avoid the Pacific Ocean looks like a much longer route. But since the Earth is a sphere, a straight line is going to look very different in three-dimensional spaces.
– The combination of the two factors, the curvature of the Earth and its extra equatorial width, mean that curving toward the poles is a shorter distance than flying (what seems like on a map) “straight” across!
– Another reason planes will sometimes brave an oceanic voyage is to take advantage of the smoother ride. Even in clear weather, there’s much less turbulence over water than over land.
– The other primary consideration for determining flight paths are air currents, namely the jet streams. These high-altitude air currents exist near the top of the troposphere.
– There are 4 main jet streams, 2 in each hemisphere, and thanks to the Earth’s rotation, they mostly flow west to east.
– Flying with a jet stream can shave several hours off of a trip, but flying into it can slow the plane down considerably.
– It’s also worth noting the risks associated with jet streams. The biggest hazard is a kind of turbulence known as clear-air turbulence, which occurs along the edges of the streams.
– The jet stream mostly affects things tens of thousands of feet in the air, and the curvature of the Earth doesn’t really matter unless you’re traveling hundreds of miles per hour over vast distances.
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When was the last time you were on a plane? Where did you go?
But why can't flying by plane on pecific ocean.😅
No one wants to sit in their seats for hours on end. (we) need SS travel again
Didn't know all this!
Lies ,it will prove the world is flat it’s a shorter distance
Might be the dumbest video I’ve ever watched. First of all, who cares how deep the ocean is? It could be a puddle ffs and it wouldn’t matter. The answer is that the route is shorter bc we live on a globe
Not true. I'm from hawaii and I fly over the pacific.
The Earth is Flat maybe.. maybe this is the answer.
If everybody agress this Video is wrong. And the Guy making it is wrong. What do you think the point of saying all that was…? Sounds like an excuse for that Route being taken as opposed flying over the pacific.?
I'm Chilean and have flown around 8 times to and from New Zealand, 12 hour flight
GG 19001th comment
"Cutesy" writing. I have this problem as an author and artist. I will never be a success, because I try to be cutesy and self deprecating like this video. I appreciated the main point though. Like an old Disney film
The Great Circle Bearing.
Because earth is flat
Flat(plain) earth🤔
Who would go to the wall of ice 🧊 and there is no cousins or bbq ?
Are all international flights a “straight up” take off? Like they fly directly up and then level out?
Planes do fly over the pacific…this claim is wrong, and it depends on the route…many cargo planes which are not scheduled like passenger planes DO fly melbourne- dallas or sydney lax, for instance. So right isn't that Claim.
4.4 planes crash per day. So yeah, planes do crash often.
This is a big lie America lies about everything
Don't fly over the ocean…what ?
I’m literally going to Vietnam over the Pacific Ocean
Why planes don't travel from Russia to USA and USA to Russia????
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All the flat earthers left the chat. (And keep their windows closed 100%of the flight)
Propaganda
The real reason why they fly over the pacific. The Caribbean Sea is the bottom of the earth. The earth opens near the Caribbean sea and swallows the Atlantic ocean.
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
"It's easy to forget that an airline is a business." Really??? Because of those cheap tickets we all get??!😂 Yeah, they're giving them away!!!
Wait You have A Cat?
Great info. My husband is a pilot. This is great info for those of us who are not.
i live in philippines metro manila caloocan and going to bohol philippines