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Yes, but this would be the only place that a pilot could store such a thing. Cargo is not pressurized, which is why the spruce beer can't be flown normally. An
by bovermyer 8y ago
Yes, but this would be the only place that a pilot could store such a thing. Cargo is not pressurized, which is why the spruce beer can't be flown normally.
And I doubt he had it in his lap the entire flight. It was likely stored in his personal bag.
- sandworm101 8y agoCargo is pressurized. It isnt always heated, but everything inside the skin is pressurized. (On all western airlines, all cargo craft derived from passenger aircraft, boeing/airbus ect) Even so, the pressure differences are slight compared to the pressures a beer bottle must contain anyway. When planes do depressurize on occassion, the drinks cart doesnt explode.
- ubertakter 8y agoWhat!? If the aircraft is pressurized, then the cargo area is pressurized too. There aren't any aircraft that have separately pressurized compartments. That would be a very bad design. Also, I would suspect that the bottles were bagged and in a box and not necessarily right next to the pilot.
- bovermyer 8y agoThen my information was incorrect. Thanks for the update.
- CydeWeys 8y agoTo expand on this, the cylinder of the airplane's fuselage is the pressure vessel (like a submarine). It would take additional structural material to have the pressure vessel be a truncated cylinder (i.e. a half-circle shape), as you're introducing corners. However, just because the cargo hold is pressurized doesn't mean it's warm in there -- it can be quite cold, and pets stored below occasionally die.
- red_phone 8y agoAs the flight in question was to Newfoundland, it could well have been on a smaller turboprop aircraft, many of which have cargo holds located behind the aft pressure bulkhead.