The secret of escaping on the President of the United States

Air Force 1 is like the symbol of power of the United States with many mysteries that cannot be discovered. Since 1997, Hollywood has released a hit movie 'Air Force One' . It contained a controversial detail until today about an emergency escape device for the President in the event of a serious attack or accident.

Escape crew capsule or Escape pod is known as a device that allows pilots or astronauts to escape aircraft and spacecraft when it encounters emergency situations. right at high altitude with fast flying speed. It can protect people during the flight when encountering such a situation or will escape the plane and land safely. This device may be just a personal capsule for a pilot or a crew member, possibly a whole cabin for the crew as well.

Return to the story of the Air Force 1 type Boeing 747-200 of the US President. The 1997 film has sparked speculation that it also has a system called the escape capsule or emergency escape cocoon for the President when the flight crash has caused controversy throughout. a long time.

F-111 cockpit escape capsule designed by US.

On the airliners.net website, a nickname CitationJet from the United States identified himself as an engineer at Boeing Wichita who posted a topic in March 2003 claiming, although never been inside. Air Force 1, but the information of this plane as a staged film is just a 'fiction' thing.

CNN newspaper November 20, 2003 cited sources from the US Air Force as saying that, for many years, many features of Air Force 1 such as the Hollywood movie of the same name have been released only as fiction. Actual aircraft with no escape capsules. Many other sources also stated that Air Force 1 does not have such an escape device because it is only for space vehicles. Simple Air Force 1 only has a parachute and can stand still to refuel immediately in the air with the ability to retrieve luggage automatically at all airports to ensure security.

However, the story is not so simple because of the fact that there have not been any "hackers" inside the US President's room on two Boeing 747-200s. According to Airforceobama, these journalists are usually only allowed to walk in the back door, leading them to the middle floor of the plane. Meanwhile, the president's room is at the top and has access to the cabin of the crew.

Design diagram, room position of US President on Air Force 1.

Moreover, Americans are not without experience in developing an escape capsule device. At least among the types of capsules known as the F-111 are used for cabins and the B-1A capsule can be used for 4 crew members.

Some people even believe that Air Force 1 has a system even outside the aircraft that allows it to separate half of the body on the plane when it is in trouble.

The parachute system ensures safety for passengers on board.

Not only that, designing an escape capsule device is not something strange. This is also a device used in spacecraft, submarines and even ships.

NASA's escape capsule.

That fact, plus the unprecedented secrets that many people still believe, an emergency capsule-like device could be one of the many special characteristics of the Air Force specialist. keep it secret and don't want to reveal it outside.

Even the CNN article mentioned above even though there is no escaping capsule, it confirms that in fact this device could be developed by the US Air Force. The unit Air Force One also told CNN: 'Air Force 1 is a military aircraft in the true sense of the word' and see Air Force 1 as a 'safest aircraft in the world'.