Airbus A320 facts
While investigating facts about Airbus A320, I found out little known, but curios details like:
After the "Miracle on the Hudson", where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.
A chinese farmer who always dreamed of flying a plane decided to built a full-scale replica of an Airbus A320 when he realised that wasn't possible. The construction costed almost half a million dollars and weighed 60 tonnes
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 7 of the best facts about Airbus A320 I managed to collect.
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Zodiac Aerospace proposed reducing economy class seat pitch to 27 inches via new slim seats to add up to 15 more passengers on an Airbus A320.
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The Airbus A320 can bark reminiscent of a Dog. The sound is caused by the Power-Transfer-Unit(TPU) and there is a video of a real dog barking back to the sounds made by aircraft.
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It's not that hard to land an Airbus A320.
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An inexperienced girl can land an Airbus A320 jumbo jet.
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The plane that crashed into the French Alps is the third-deadliest crash of an Airbus A320, after TAM Airlines Flight 3054 and Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, and the third-deadliest aviation disaster on French soil.
