At least for the part that the people are in or the entire plane. If there was a problem just deploy the shute and float to the ground.
2006-08-05 04:45:00 · 18 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Yeah, that same guy that heads Ballistics Recovery also has proposals for large commercial airliners too. In the aircraft business it's hard to get someone to first try a prototype, and second buy and certify the device for the application.
2006-08-05 09:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by rkfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not practical, the parachute would be way to large to fit on the plane. These jumbo jets are very heavy and very large... which would require a HUGE parachute, which would require too much space in the plane... then you would have the issue of deploying the parachute....
A feasible plan, and something I have thought of before would be either, individual parachutes for each seat and an ejection system like on fighter planes or break the passenger seats into "eject-able" clusters.... it could be done, but the fact the planes don't really have many issues it is not economically feasible to implement any kind of safety feature like this.
2006-08-05 06:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by ubet426 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plane can weigh upto a million tons. Thats 2 million pounds. There is no parachute that is cost effective that can provide a sure level of security for a mass that great. Letting out a huge parachute alone would cause damage to the plane too.
2006-08-05 04:49:41 · answer #3 · answered by Phillip R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time to realize you needed it, the plane would be in parts on the ground.
Seriously, nearly all problems a plane encounters is overcome by flying through it in some fashion. And remember: A plane couldn't deploy a chute (they are going too fast--the chute would be ripped to shreds) and even if they could the plane would land (hard) with the section being slightly crunched.
2006-08-05 04:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by PermDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better to jettision the passenger compartment forsafety and let it floatdown. But now, the fuel tanks are under the passenger compartment so they would ahave toaprovide a seperate space.
TooExpensive--Humanlife aint worth the cost necessary tofix the problem.
If our system valued life as much as money, then things might be different.
2006-08-05 04:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The size of the parachute will be an issue.
The uncontrolled landing will be an issue. What if it comes down in the city?
2006-08-05 04:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by pukcipriavroc8v 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the parachute would weigh so much that the plane would never leave the ground
2006-08-05 12:52:35 · answer #7 · answered by monie99701 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to carry this big-a$$ chute, some seats would have to be empty. There's NO WAY the airline is going to do that!
(profit is more important than your life)
2006-08-05 12:38:13 · answer #8 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BETTER YET, WHY DON'T THEY MAKE THE WHOLE PLANE OUT OF THE STUFF THE LITTLE BLACK BOX IS MADE OUT OF??? IT ALWAYS SURVIVES A WRECK!!!
1 MILLION TONS IS 2 MILLION POUNDS??? SOMEONE REACH OVER AND UNPLUG HIS COMPUTER!!!
1 million tons is 2 billion pounds... here in america anyways!
2006-08-05 04:51:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physics!
2006-08-05 04:49:02 · answer #10 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋