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An EgyptAir Boeing 787 prepares for a red-eye flight from London Heathrow to Cairo. In commercial aviation, a red-eye flight refers to a flight that departs at night and arrives the next morning, especially when the total flight time is insufficient for passengers to get a full night's sleep. The term derives from red eyes as a symptom of ...
If the left turn continues (~20 seconds or more), the pilot will experience the sensation that the airplane is no longer turning to the left. At this point, if the pilot attempts to level the wings this action will produce a sensation that the airplane is turning and banking in the opposite direction (to the right), a sensation commonly known ...
Left face: A mirror image of right face. About face: The right toe is brought back to behind the left heel; the body pivots on the right toe and left heel 180°. Half-left face: Exactly the same as a left face, but one turns only 45°. Half-right face: Exactly the same as a right face, but one turns only 45°. Commonwealth of Nations
The sensory disorientation of returning from a prolonged banking turn to wings-level flight can cause the pilot to re-enter the banking turn, as in the graveyard spin illusion. While the plane continues in the turn and begins to indicate a loss of altitude, the pilot will try to correct the loss of altitude by "pulling up" on the plane's controls.
The pain can ultimately become disabling unless the ambient pressure is reversed. The pressure difference causes the mucosal lining of the sinuses to become swollen and submucosal bleeding follows with further difficulties ventilating the sinus, especially if the orifices are involved. Ultimately fluid or blood will fill the space.
The captain had over 12,000 hours of flying time and nearly 6,000 hours on the same make and model plane. Damage occurred throughout the cabin, including a passenger service unit that fell from an ...
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Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field VPS Variable prism stereoscope WD