Why Don't Planes Just Fall Out of the Sky?

You're seven miles up in a metal tube, held up by nothing but air — so why doesn't it just fall out of the sky? It feels like the most dangerous place you could possibly be. But a passenger plane is actually one of the safest machines humans have ever built. In this video we break down why the thing that feels the most terrifying is actually the safest — and why your fear, while completely understandable, is pointing at the wrong thing. 0:00 Why doesn't it fall? 1:10 The wing does the flying 2:50 Dead engines don't mean a dead plane 4:20 The plane expects failure 5:50 The rule written into every flight 7:00 The honest part 7:40 What you're really sitting inside