Circa 20k grounded planes (22 Pics)

None of these would have flown as Flight 13 (superstition issues)

Most airports don't have a gate 13

Lots of planes don't have a row 13

American and Delta no longer have a flight 191 due to numerous past incidents.

Some airlines don't use 666 or 911

There is a flight 666 that goes from Copenhagen to HEL (Helsinki).

Clappers (upon landing) - considered by many as the worst kind of fliers

Some people like to touch the outside of the plane for luck before embarking

During turbulence, pilots often rub the seatbelt sign before turning it on to "let the plane know"

Pilots shouldn't point at the sky, it is believed to trigger angry weather

Some people believe that the more babies on a plane the less likely it will crash (that would just be cruel)

Xanax - enough said

Bad luck to take flowers on a flight (funeral association)

Some pilots must always step onto a plane the a certain foot (right or left)

Areophobia - it is estimated that around 80% of people have some fear of flying

Only 5% of the worlds population have been on an airplane

A Boeing 747 has more than 6,000,000 parts - that is a lot to go wrong

The A380 wingspan (80m) is longer than its lenth (72.7m)

Before COVID there was 61,000 people airborne in the US at any given hour

Oxygen masks will only provide around 12 minutes of oxygen

Black boxes are actually painted bright orange (easier to find)

Air on planes is drier than any desert at only 20% humidity