Airplane comprising a passenger pod

An airplane, mainly extending along an axis (X-X) between a nose group comprising a cockpit, and a tail group comprising empennage members, wherein the airplane comprises:

• i) a fuselage extending axially between the nose group and the tail group, comprising a fuselage wall internally defining a fuselage housing;
• ii) wings extending transversely to the axis (X-X) from the fuselage;
• iii) at least one passenger pod comprising a pod wall internally defining a pressurized passenger housing in which passengers are accommodable, wherein said at least one passenger pod is removably housable in the fuselage housing;
• and
• iv) pod-connecting members housed in the fuselage housing and in the at least one passenger pod, suitable for removably connecting the at least one passenger pod to the fuselage, wherein said pod-connecting members collectively comprise:
• at least one fuselage track positioned inside said fuselage housing;
• and
• at least one pod track complementary to said at least one fuselage track;
• wherein said at least one fuselage track and said at least one pod track extend along the axis (X-X);
• and
• wherein one of said at least one fuselage track and said at least one pod track comprises a ferromagnetic material, and the other of said at least one fuselage track and said at least one pod track comprises a superconducting electromagnet that is configurable between an active configuration, in which it generates a magnetic field, and a passive configuration;
• wherein the airplane is configurable in:
• an operating configuration, suitable for allowing flight of the airplane, in which the at least one passenger pod is housed in the fuselage housing;
• and
• an emergency configuration, in which, with the airplane in flight, the at least one passenger pod is ejected from the fuselage housing;
• and
• wherein in said emergency configuration said pod-connecting members are commanded into a release configuration so as to allow the at least one passenger pod to be ejected from the fuselage housing.