“I don’t know why [airplane windows don’t open]. It’s a real problem.” — Romney channels DUHbya

Romney Doesn’t Understand Why You Can’t Roll Down Windows On A Plane | ThinkProgress By Annie-Rose Strasser on Sep 24, 2012 at 2:05 pm

“When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly,” he told the LA Times. “And you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem.”

Air crafts do not open windows because the cabins are pressurized to fly safely at an altitude of tens of thousand feet. Opening a window in an airplane would seriously sicken the passengers and crew.

Romney Doesn’t Understand Why You Can’t Roll Down Windows On A Plane | ThinkProgress

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