There's a simple reason why we all board planes on the left-hand side

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on the left-hand side.

The plane enthusiast dobbed the historical reason why passengers board from the left side of a plane rather than the right.

The reason why we always load and offload planes from the left-hand side is a relic from the days when humans were on ships.

Right across the ages, the starboard side of the vessel has long been the spot where cargo and passengers were loaded and offloaded.

This made things simple in terms of organisation and logistics, and would allow ships to travel all over the world from port to port and always have the right equipment on the right side no matter where they went.

He added that this also made building ports easier because everyone agreed that the left-hand side was where you load and unload things from.

This is why when you're on a boat, they call the left-hand side of the boat port side and the right-hand side of the boat starboard.

The TikToker said: "As humans moved from rocking chairs on boats to planes in the air, engineers kept the idea going and designed every airport and plane so passengers always board from the left side."

The fact has been shared in 367,000 views since then and a heap of people have been throwing around their opinions on it in the comments.

Fair dinkum! Now I've got the difference between portside and starboard sorted. Thanks!

G'day, fair dinkum, I reckon I should also chuck in that the term starboard came from the fact they used to have a steering board on the right side of the boat.

Someone else added: "Makes total sense to build an airport like a port, they're pretty similar in operation."

"G'day, I'm really into things that have been goin' on for thousands of years," said a fourth person.

I'm afraid there's nothing to paraphrase. The original text is just a single sentence naming Michael Oakley as the managing editor.

back in January.

Fair dinkum, a fair chunk of aviation terminology's got its roots in maritime heritage (rudder, cockpit, cabin, bulkhead, knots and the like), and similarly, the way we do things in the air owes a fair bit to sailin'.

G'day, just like a boat and a ship's got a port side - that's the side near the dock when they're tied up - an aircraft's got the same one too. Fair dinkum, people figured it'd be smart to keep boarding tinnies on the port, or left, side.

A good thing to remember the next time you get on a flight...

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