{"id":396342,"date":"2026-03-30T07:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-do-pilots-turn-off-cabin-lights\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:31:18","slug":"why-do-airlines-turn-off-the-cabin-lights-during-takeoff-and-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=396342","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Airlines Turn Off The Cabin Lights During Takeoff And Landing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who has flown on a commercial flight will know the feeling of <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"59318\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/cabin\/\"  >cabin<\/a><\/span> lights dimming during takeoff and landing. Most airlines don&#8217;t explain to passengers why exactly this is done, but we have all experienced it. Despite the speculation, this isn&#8217;t done for reasons such as comfort or saving electricity. Rather, dimming the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"105027\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/lights\/\"  >lights<\/a><\/span> is standard practice across the industry and is primarily done as a safety precaution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This practice ensures that passengers are better prepared during an emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,570,629,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-guide","category-pilots","category-safety"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396343,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396342\/revisions\/396343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}