Why, during take-off and landing, are people asked to raise the window blinds?

Opening the porthole shutter is part of a long process of preparing the aircraft cockpit for emergency situations. The crew has only 90 seconds to evacuate all passengers in the event of an accident. With minor adjustments for the size of the aircraft and the number of passengers, the evacuation process takes the same amount of time. Therefore, […]

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