THE view from the plane window is usually the interesting bit, but have you ever wondered why the pane itself is round? It’s more than just a quirky design feature – it’s all about keeping passengers ...

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 ...

The faint moonlight poured in through a small square window, marking the start of the Night. But to the figure who had just emerged from his ragged sheets on a sagging mattress, it clearly marked 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 ...

The Comet 1A has been moved inside the new £3m hangar at the De Havilland Museum at Salisbury Hall The last surviving example of a plane with a window design that contributed to fatal crashes has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flight secrets have revealed a number of untold mysteries such as what that yellow hook on the wing is for to why all plane seats are blue. Many passengers may have also noticed that plane windows are ...

Sinéad Morrissey's 1996 debut volume, published when she was 24, marked her out as a poet to watch. Her exceptional fourth collection, Through the Square Window , more than fulfils that early promise.