'Final warning': Pilot reveals secret behind the 'dinging' sound you hear on planes
Ever wondered what the strange 'dinging' sounds you often hear on flights mean?
A pilot has explained the secret behind them.
Captain Steve (@captainsteeeve) on TikTok revealed the chiming noises sounded throughout flights are a way the flight deck communicating with crew.
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You might hear strange dings on a plane, but what do they mean Getty
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In video, which has racked up over 10 million views, the captain says he purposely uses the chimes to get the attention of flight attendants three separate times on a flight.
He does it by turning the 'no smoking' sign on and off, which makes the noise.
"The first time is as we're taxiing out," says Steve.
"You'll hear the announcement 'flight attendants prepare for departure'.
"When I'm cleared to go on the runway and take off I turn that 'no smoking sign' on and off and that's their final warning to to take a seat, we're about to take off."
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The second chime comes as the plane climbs up to 10,000 feet and the pilot indicates its safe for flight attendants to stand up and begin the inflight service.
Finally, the third chime is sounded when the plane is descending to land.
"I say 'flight attendants prepare for landing'," says Steve.
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https://www.tiktok.com/@captainsteeeve/video/7441261865977629998"As we're coming back down to that 10,000 feet I ding them one more time and that way they've got a few minutes left to get everything cleaned up and put away because we're about to land."
Meanwhile, another airline pilot has revealed exactly why you need to put your phone on airplane mode when flying.
And it's not some kind of conspiracy.
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"If you have an aircraft with 79, 80, 150 people on board, and even three or four people's phones start to try and make a connection to a radio tower for an incoming phone call, it sends out radio waves," airline pilot Perchpoint said on TikTok.
"There's a potential that those radio waves can interfere with the radio waves of the headset that the pilots are using."
