Why do your ears go pop on the plane?

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Happy Murcia

Variations in air pressure....

Tinkerbell

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.

skaizun

Because they don't like classical music or rap? ;)

Seriously, though, check out the links, below.

ciaran91

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

misskitti7Â®

air pressure,chew gum it helps

regards x kitti x

JPL

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!

à®what i used to beà®

because of the change of air pressure and also gravitational force. xxx

bengreenslade2

it is because of change in the air pressure. its the ears changing to that pressure

Thanks
Ben

stones

Cabin pressure .....chew a piece of gum during takeoff as you chew your ear drum elongates helping to relieve pressure.

hunneybunney

Mine dont... never have... i must be odd!

Unoptrid1aq

Buy some Ear plugs.

megane

be grateful yours do - mine didn't and I got 2 burst eardrums - painful!

203

No,

Just equalise the pressure in your ears before it gets to that point, it's not exactly difficult.

andrewconfused

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.

S@M

It's the change in air pressure

Niall S

air pressure, but suck on some boil sweets or travel sweets

llandudnoboy

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.

Chris P

Air pressure on the eardrum.

I think it's because you're way up in the air and the oxygen gets thinner.

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