Emirates Airline a Step Closer to Windowless Planes
The newest plane in the Emirates fleet—the Boeing 777-300ER—has plenty of impressive features, but perhaps the most surprising is its virtual windows for the first-class cabin. Instead of peering out of the plane, passengers will see real-time projections filmed from outside of the aircraft with fibre-optic cameras. Emirates president Sir Tim Clark says the quality of footage is impeccable, and the move itself is a step toward planes with no windows at all, “Imagine now a fuselage as you’re boarding with no windows, but when you get inside, there are windows… Now you have one fuselage which has no structural weaknesses because of windows. The aircraft are lighter, the aircraft could fly faster, they’ll burn far less fuel and fly higher.” However the concept has caused concerns regarding safety (crew needs to be able to see outside) as well as comfort (many worry a lack of windows will increase anxiety and claustrophobia). Read more at BBC.
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