How do airplane brakes work? Even those boarding the flight don't know.

Very few people know about the braking system of an airplane, especially when it is in the air or when brakes are applied during landing. An airplane moves at a very high speed while flying. This speed can be from 800 to 950 kilometers per hour. But they need to slow down rapidly during landing. For this, airplanes have many types of braking systems, with the help of which they can stop safely. Apart from this, brakes are also used while in the air.

Here you can read about the airplane's braking system during landing.

Wing spoilers are fitted on the wings of the airplane. Their main job is to reduce the speed of the plane by blocking the air. The pilot opens them during landing, which slows down the speed of the airplane. When the airplane lands on the runway, these spoilers are kept open, so that the speed can be reduced further and the brakes can be applied quickly.

Airplanes have disc brakes, which work like the brakes in cars. They are not attached to the wheels but are stationary. When the plane lands, these brakes are activated. They put pressure on the wheels, which reduces their speed and the plane slowly stops.

There is a special feature in the engine of an airplane, which is called reverse thrust. Usually the thrust of the engine comes out backwards, which makes the airplane move forward. But during landing, the pilots reverse the thrust of the engine, due to which the thrust comes out towards the front. Due to this going in the opposite direction of the wind, the speed of the airplane slows down very quickly.

Air brakes are used to apply brakes during flight in the air. These are fitted on the wings and slow down the airplane by stopping the air with more force. When the pilot opens these air brakes, the speed of the airplane decreases and it stops slowly.