If you’ve ever traveled by plane, you’re likely aware that every airplane window you’ve ever seen has a round design, whether it be a circle or an oval. As it turns out, there’s an actually ...

When you glance out your airplane window at 30,000 feet, that curved little portal seems like a simple design choice. But the reason it is round has nothing to do with style. It is the result of one ...

In her response to the opinion letter 'Congratulations, Democrats,' Mrs. Brenda Washington includes this seemingly unrelated thought-provoker: "Here's a trivia for you two old goats. Up until the ...

Ever gazed out at your plane taking off and wondered why your plane windows always have rounded edges, unlike the hard corner in your home? There's a simple and very good reason, as explained by this ...

Initially, commercial airplanes featured square windows similar to buildings. However, midair disintegrations in the 1950s led engineers to switch to rounded windows. Rounded designs distribute ...

Aeroplane windows are round because they are stronger and safer. When a plane flies high in the sky, there is a lot of pressure inside the plane. Round windows help spread this pressure evenly, so the ...

One TikTok account, @learning.with.lyrics, revealed why in a fun, sing-song video. The reasoning stems back to the Second World War, when Liberty cargo ships were reported to be splitting in half.

A pilot has lifted the lid on the real reason why airplane windows are round instead of square. Captain Steve often shares safety tips on all things flying to his TikTok channel, where he boasts over ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It seems like every single airplane window is round. How come they're not square-ish like most windows at home? The reason, according to the FAA, is for your own safety ...

Today, all passenger windows on aircraft are round or a form of rounded rectangle. No windows have sharper edges. It wasn't always this way with the first jet-powered airliners featuring square ...