The bright light in the attic is banned because it could interfere with airplane pilots.
Airplane pilots are unable to land at night without the help of a bright light in the attic, but the law bans them from using such a device. This is why you can’t have a light in your attic.
What is a light in the attic?
A light in the attic is an extremely bright lamp that helps airplane pilots to land at night. The bright light is placed inside of an aircraft’s cargo hold and shines out through holes on top of the plane. It works like this: When an airplane approaches an airport, it turns on its landing lights, which are two large lights on either side of its wings. These help air traffic controllers to see where it’s going and alert other airplanes nearby that it’s about to land. But when there isn’t enough daylight for these lights to be effective, airplane pilots use a bright light in the attic instead.
Why do we need a bright light in the attic?
“When landing with daylight one can easily see all necessary details for landing, but when you are approaching for landing with no daylight you need to have some additional help.”
The captain was asked by ATC if he had his instruments set up correctly and he replied “I don’t know, I’m not blind yet”. pic.twitter.com/zCX2yNjbKG
— Aircraft Spots (@AircraftSpots) August 27, 2018
Planes can be very difficult to see at night because they don’t have any lights shining from them as they fly above us.
That’s why we need something else to make them visible – something like a bright light in the attic.
The problem is that we can’t just put any old lamp up there; there are strict rules about what kind of lighting devices are allowed near airports.
“The main issue with this type of lighting system is that it might interfere with air traffic control,”
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you turn off your cabin lighting while flying over Greenland… pic.twitter.com/7GqldJmfMM
— Aircraft
