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On an aircraft, bulkheads divide the cabin into multiple areas. On passenger aircraft a common application is for physically dividing cabins used for different classes of service (e.g. economy and business.) On combination cargo/passenger, or "combi" aircraft, bulkhead walls are inserted to divide areas intended for passenger seating and cargo ...
The aft pressure bulkhead is the white circular component; its web-like structure led a NASA technician to attach a large model spider to it for comedic effect. The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere. [ 1 ]
Bulkhead door, an angled door covering the exterior stairwell of a basement; Bulkhead flatcar, a type of rolling stock designed with sturdy end-walls to prevent loads from shifting past the ends of the car; Rear pressure bulkhead, an airtight structural feature of an aircraft
An aircraft seat map or seating chart is a diagram of the seat layout inside a passenger airliner. They are often published by airlines for informational purposes and are of use to passengers for selection of their seat at booking or check-in.
The major components of an airplane's empennage. Structurally, the empennage consists of the entire tail assembly, including the tailfin, the tailplane and the part of the fuselage to which these are attached. [1] [2] On an airliner this would be all the flying and control surfaces behind the rear pressure bulkhead. Yaw, pitch, and roll in an ...
The Boeing 747SR-46 with registration JA8119 (serial number 20783, line number 230), was built and delivered to Japan Air Lines in 1974 (prior to their name change to "Japan Airlines"). It had accumulated slightly more than 25,000 flight hours and 18,800 cycles (one cycle consisting of takeoff, cabin pressurization, depressurization, and landing).
Faulty repair after same plane suffered a tailstrike: the rear bulkhead failed which caused the tail fin to fall off and rupture all four hydraulic systems. The crash remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. 1987-11-28 South African Airways Flight 295: Indian Ocean, 134 nautical miles (248 km) north-east of Mauritius,
Firewall in an automobile illustrated by a red line Cutaway drawing of the 1934 Citroen Traction Avant, showing the firewall Firewall of an aircraft's engine nacelle. In automotive engineering, the firewall (American English) or bulkhead (British English) is the part of the automobile body (unibody or body-on-frame) that separates the engine compartment from the passenger compartment (driver ...