The book helps discover how airport terminals and runways are designed, and how airplanes take off and land. It will uncover many secrets normally hidden from passengers, including: - how security officers can see what’s inside closed suitcases, and where luggage goes after leaving the check‑in desk - why some airport employees are actually dogs, and how in‑flight meals are prepared - how a huge aircraft is parked with centimetre‑level precision, and why a dozen unusual vehicles gather around it - why an airplane on the ground can tip over, and why passengers aren’t always allowed to leave the cabin immediately Plenty of other fascinating facts about a place unlike any other