2007-08-19 03:35:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Variations in air pressure....
2007-08-19 03:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a plane goes up in the air, air pressure decreases. The air thats in your inner ear needs to esape to adapt to this, so the air escapes through the eustachian tube between your ear and nose/throat - this is what causes the 'popping' feeling you get in your ears.
2007-08-19 10:51:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Air pressure decreases as you go higher.
If you have an altimeter or decent barometer take it up a mountain or steep building and watch the pressure fall,the same is happening to your ears as the air in a planes cabin adjusts to the air pressure at altitude.
2007-08-19 11:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The body is equalizing the air pressure in your head with the air pressure in the airplane.
Same happens when SCUBA diving, except that one has to "pop" your ears while diving (squeezing your nose through the mask and breathing out hard through the nose to equalize the pressure). You could try it while flying. Chewing gum also helps.
Babies tend to start screaming at this point, too!
2007-08-19 10:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you travel higher and higher on takeoff the air pressure changes and your ears (to get used to this change) pop! when you are travelling along at the same height (possibly 35,000 feet) the air pressure is commonly the same and therefor your ears don't pop.
but on your way back down to your destination the air pressure changes again and then you get more pops coming your way.
2007-08-19 14:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by andrewconfused 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some Ear plugs.
2007-08-19 15:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by Unoptrid1aq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cabin pressure .....chew a piece of gum during takeoff as you chew your ear drum elongates helping to relieve pressure.
2007-08-19 10:41:45 · answer #7 · answered by stones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is because of change in the air pressure. its the ears changing to that pressure
Thanks
Ben
2007-08-19 10:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by bengreenslade2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the change in air pressure
2007-08-19 10:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by S@M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,
Just equalise the pressure in your ears before it gets to that point, it's not exactly difficult.
2007-08-19 10:44:28 · answer #10 · answered by 203 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your ear drum bends and it pops in then u hold your nose and blow out and it pops out and back into place !
its beuz of the pressure
2007-08-19 10:42:34 · answer #11 · answered by ciaran91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋