Gloucestershire Airport in England used to blast Tina Turner music to scare off birds and it worked better than blaring bird distress calls. 

Potatoes absorb and reflect radio wave signals the same way that human bodies do. So, in the past, engineers have actually used them to test and improve Wi-Fi signals on planes.

On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 with sixty-nine people on board ran out of fuel at an altitude of 7.7 miles. Miraculously, the pilot managed to glide the plane down safely, as he was a very experienced glider pilot. The issue, 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms) of jet fuel had been put in instead of 2,300 kilograms (5,070 pounds). 

The CEO of Japan Airlines, Todu Yamanaka, makes less than his pilots, takes a bus to work, and eats in the cafeteria. When interviewed about this, he said that businesses who pursue money first, fail.

Airplane food isn’t very tasty because our sense of smell and taste decrease by 20 to 50% during flights.