Jul 31, 2012

Why don't passenger airplanes have giant emergency parachutes built into them?



It doesn't sound impossible, nor will it need new technology. Hey, I have no idea at all about exactly what size and number of parachutes will be needed to keep a passenger aircraft  afloat, but it does seem plausible.

If we take a smaller private jet, I think it can have a built in safety parachute system, for emergencies. And with safety being the most important factor why not manufacture smaller planes with this safety mechanism built into them.

Just a thought that I wanted to share with you all :)

Do put in a comment if you know why it can or cannot happen!

4 comments:

  1. I have been thinking about this a lot lately as well. I mean, perhaps Buddy Holly, John Denver, JFK Jr, and countless others might not have died in single-engine plane crashes. At least we could slow them down so they aren't so dangerous to people and buildings when they do crash. Seems like a no-brainer to me. But most people on the Internet miss the point, and when you ask this question they think you mean "why don't we require a parachute for each passenger?" Let me know if anyone else has agreed with you on this.

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  2. Hey Richard, you are absolutely right, it is such a no-brainer that people just don't get it :) I do hope someone somewhere who knows why this hasn't been done reads this... and we can get some kind of an answer.

    Sanjeev

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  3. These are the people that have no conscious thought about inertia, speed, pressure etc..

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  4. And by that I don't mean you guys replying before me :)

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