14 crazy flight facts that will steal the show

It's that time again: I have flight jitters. Must. Take off. Sunny places. Convulsions. Flight behavior. That's why I find it very responsible to bombard you with 14 totally useless but oh so delicious flight facts. About the weight of flight attendants, the shortest flight in the world, and the secret behind row thirteen. Read and shiver...

1. According to the Guinness World Records book, the shortest scheduled flight in the world lasts about two minutes. No kidding. Between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray. (If the aircraft has a tailwind, you're only in the air for 56 seconds) in the air…)
2. The longest flight from the Netherlands goes from Schiphol to Guayaquil in Ecuador and lasts 14 hours and 25 minutes. The longest flight in the world lasts just under 17 hours and goes from Sydney to Dallas.
3. If the cabin pressure drops, you have about 12 to 20 seconds to breathe ‘normally’ before you lose consciousness. No, that's nice. Too much info, sorry.
4. Speaking of which: that same mask contains about a quarter of an hour of oxygen. That sounds like very little, but in fact, it's enough to descend from an altitude of 40,000 feet to a ‘safe’ altitude of 10,000 feet.
5. Just so you know: in 1930, flight attendants were not allowed to weigh more than 52 kilograms.
6. The chance that one of the planes you have traveled on has ever been struck by lightning is, uh, high. Planes apparently get hit all the time. You just don't notice it because the electrical charge is immediately reflected by the aluminum and metal. If there has been a lightning strike, a special extensive check takes place as soon as the plane has landed.
7. Look, this I find cozy. KLM serves about 1.3 billion liters wine on the plane.
8. The answer to the question why the hell that window shade always has to be open during takeoff and landing is actually a very boring one: so that you know where you are during an emergency landing and don't lose your sense of direction.
9. The co-pilot and pilot are never allowed to eat the same food. If one gets sick, the other can still fly.
10. France is the most visited country in the world. The most visited city in the world is Bangkok, with over 20.2 million international visitors in 2017.
11. At any given moment of the day, about 61,000 people are in the air over the United States.
12. If you want to work at KLM the cabin crew must be at least 1.58 meters tall and a maximum of 1.90 meters.
13. In most airplanes, there is no row 13. And that's precisely why you think it is: something to do with superstition and bad luck.
14. Holy macaroni: an empty Boeing 737-300 weighs as much as seven adult elephants! And, that mysterious ‘black box’ of an airplane is actually orange.