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Why do airplanes have such small windows?

It is a question of security . In the 1950s, the de Havilland company found that the in-flight accidents suffered by its Comet jets, equipped with large windows, were due to the fuselage breaking at the corners of the windows due to metal fatigue . Thus, these were redesigned and made smaller and rounder. The window of an airplane is made up of two pressure panels and a third interior panel that prevents passengers from accessing the others and having an accident.

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