David Bridges
Do you fear turbulences while travelling by air? Not so much after you read this. Tesla Chief Elon Musk has explained why one should not be scared during a turbulent flight. He believes that one should not be afraid of turbulence because the plane is not going to crash. He highlighted how the wings of an aeroplane can withstand extremely powerful forces. This came in when a Twitter user shared a video of aeroplane wings during turbulence. “Airplane wings aren’t some rigid chunks of metal: in fact, they probably have a bit more flex than you’d expect. This is the behaviour of a Boeing 747’s wing in a turbulence,” he wrote in the caption.
Further, in responding to this, Musk said, “People should never fear turbulence. Commercial airliner wings can handle insane amounts of bending.” Here is the video:
People should never fear turbulence. Commercial airliner wings can handle insane amounts of bending.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022
Musk’s comment went viral and garnered 86K likes. “Everyone should see the take-off of a B-52. Those wings can move more than 3 feet up and down. Impressive! 1950’s Tech!” commented a Twitter user. Another person wrote, “@elonmusk is absolutely right here. Generally, the aircraft structure and wings can handle much more turbulence and forces than the human body can so those moving wings are not an issue,” wrote another user.
This comes just a few days after Musk ventured into the fragrance business. He has come up with a perfume which is called “Burnt Hair” and he is selling it on The Boring Company. He is selling the perfume for $100 each. An additional of tax and shipping is also charged.
Musk also joked about how selling these perfumes would help him but Twitter. Just a few hours after this tweet, he sold 20K bottles of the perfume. As always, netizens had a lot to say about this new launch as well. While some curated memes, others were busy giving their opinions. “Elon, you can have some burnt hair perfume shoot out of the tip of the rocket during flight. The aliens will never forget the first encounter with that happening!” wrote a Twitter user. Another person wrote, “So now you sell perfume? Elon, I think you need to focus on one business at a time. What do rockets, perfume and cars have in common?”
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