Fast way to board an airplane!!

Dr. Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at Fermi National Laboratory in Illinois,thinks he has now found the most efficient way to get passengers on board which supports the study that an airline can save up to $30 per flight for every minute cut from boarding.

He suggests that loading passengers by alternating rows, starting from the back of the plane, is quickest. When loading people in a row, travelers in window seats file in first, then middle seats, followed by aisle seats.

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Producer of TV show "This v That" (above video) Jon Hotchkiss recruited 72 luggage-carrying volunteers to test out five ways of boarding a Boeing 757 mock-up.

It took the volunteers three minutes and 36 seconds to board according to the Steffen method, the show said.

Steffen's way emerged as the fastest when pitted against four other boarding methods because it eradicated the gridlock created when passengers try to use the same physical space at the same time.

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