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Airbus has a crazy idea to speed up airplane boarding and it's just like Thunderbirds

Rob PriceNov 27, 2015, 19:08 IST

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Unless you're deathly afraid of planes, one of the worst things about flying is the sheer tedium of it. It's nothing but indeterminate waiting - waiting for security, waiting to board, waiting to reach your destination.

Airbus has just been granted a patent for a wild new way to try and speed up boarding on planes - and as Ars Technica points out, it's just like something out of Thunderbirds.

Here's how it works.