No Windows on Row 6 of UAL 737-500

I was on a UAL 737-500 (United Shuttle) last week. I was in extended coach
(nice) but for row 6 there were no windows on either side of the aircraft.
Anybody got any ideas why this is so? (It made the 90 min flight seem like 3
hours)

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(BFSON) wrote:

I was on a UAL 737-500 (United Shuttle) last week. I was in extended coach
(nice) but for row 6 there were no windows on either side of the aircraft.
Anybody got any ideas why this is so? (It made the 90 min flight seem like 3
hours)

Happens in many newer Boeings. Not only the 737-300/400/500 family but
also the 767s, 757s and 777s. Due to a/c ducting IIRC.

BFSON wrote:

I was on a UAL 737-500 (United Shuttle) last week. I was in extended coach
(nice) but for row 6 there were no windows on either side of the aircraft.
Anybody got any ideas why this is so? (It made the 90 min flight seem like 3
hours)

767-200s also have this. It is air ducts that rise up from below deck to the ceiling.

I was on a UAL 737-500 (United Shuttle) last week. I was in extended
coach (nice) but for row 6 there were no windows on either side of the
aircraft. Anybody got any ideas why this is so?

No, but it's good to check seats at www.seatguru.com --they give this seat a
"yellow" as a caution. I would give a window seat with no window a *^%#&
instead of a yellow. What's the point of a window seat if you can't stare
at clouds?

"I would give a window seat with no window a *^%#& instead of a yellow. ."

True-but when you're 6 feet 3 inches tall like me the leg room is more
important-I took that seat over a regular coach seat with a window. I may get
off bored but my knees won't be sore (g)

"BFSON" wrote in message
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I was on a UAL 737-500 (United Shuttle) last week. I was in extended coach
(nice) but for row 6 there were no windows on either side of the aircraft.
Anybody got any ideas why this is so? (It made the 90 min flight seem like
3
hours)

As other posts have said, air conditioning ducts, electrical cables, etc. go
from underfloor into the ceiling in that location. In another piece of
Boeing engineering wisdom, the missing windows are in line with the engine
compressor blades. In case of an uncontained engine failure, there is less
chance of popping a window.

Ken Ishiguro