Everything that makes you feel calmer while sitting on the plane

Next to me, Annabelle is hyperventilating about the editorial team because she thinks her boyfriend is not sitting next to her on the plane. Recipe for panic. When searching for the plane's seating chart, it turns out he is comfortably squished between her and another passenger, and she is by the aisle. So nothing to worry about. I know quite a few people who don't find flying relaxing. One doesn't want to sit in the middle, the next doesn't want to sit by the window, and the third prefers to move around on the ground. I think this is because you don't know what is happening and what to pay attention to. Therefore: everything that makes you feel a bit calmer while sitting in the plane.

1. It is impossible to get stuck to the toilet of an airplane. Yes, it creates a vacuum, but you won't fit through the hole in the toilet. So take your time to pee, but do put your shoes on when you go, because that's not water on the floor.

2. The doors stay closed. Ever been afraid that someone could open the emergency exit? No worries, in the air the pressure is too high, and even for the strongest person on the plane, it's not an option to open the door.

3. You can fly for hours on just one engine. Take KLM's Dreamliner, which can fly for another 5.5 hours on just one running engine, and then you will really be somewhere over land again.

4. An airplane is struck by lightning on average twice a year. You won't notice anything as a passenger.

5. The pilot is in charge. At the command of the captain, you can be arrested on the plane. Yes, keep that in mind. You can even be fined for misbehavior.

6. You have 15 minutes of oxygen supply when the cabin pressure drops. Within that time, a pilot ensures that you are at an altitude where you can breathe.

7. With many airlines, such as KLM, there is no row 13. Just to be sure.

8. A hard landing is not a lack of experience from the pilot, but has to do with aquaplaning. The wetter the runway, the firmer the plane must be on the ground. So you are not dealing with an inexperienced rookie.

9. Even the most severe turbulence is not dangerous, as long as you are strapped in. May has already written about it, this is what you need to know about that bumpy flight.