Why don't commercial planes have parachutes on board in case of a crash.?

Answer 1

1. There wouldn't be time to get everyone suited up.
2. Parachuting requires training.
3. Might make things worse if people start jumping, and the pilot recovers.
4. Would lead to increased panic, which is the last thing you want on a flight.
5. Commercial flights are made for making money. The more space you take up for chutes, the less seating area you have.

That's off the top of my head.

Answer 2

First, the chance of a commercial airliner going into the sort of uncontrolled fall from an altitude where a parachute is the only option to survive the accident is so as to be practically impossible. Commercial airline accidents typically involve controlled flight and originate at such low altitudes that there would be no practical benefit to having a parachute. Unless the aircraft is completely and unrecoverably out of control or has had a catastrophic structural failure, the most survivable option is for the pilot to guide the airplane to the ground under control, even if a "crash landing" is the ultimate result.

Second, even in the case of an uncontrolled fall from an altitude at which a parachute jump could be made, the logistical challenges of gettting 100 or more passengers with no parachuting experience to properly put on a parachute, move to an exit door, and jump out, all while the aircraft is falling and tumbling about all three axes are practically insurmountable.

Answer 3

This is because of the following reasons:
1- when there is a problem in a commercial plane, it usually occurs very fast
2- They travel at speeds far to fast to parachute from i think the slowest is at least 200knots (205mph)
3- They fly at high altitudes from 10,000ft to 36,000ft or more, there is hardly any oxygen there
4- The cabin is pressurised so if the doors where opened there would be an explosive decompression that would destroy the plane for sure

Thats why they dont have parachutes
Thanks

Answer 4

In most cases your chances are better staying with the aircraft all the way to the landing. If the aircraft was hopelessly uncontrollable, you wouldn't be able to even get a parachute on, let alone get to the door, & jump out because you would be tumbling around inside. Furthermore, if you loaded the plane with enough parachutes for all of the passengers, there wouldn't be enough room weight wise for any passenger luggage.

Answer 5

There are a few reasons that parachutes on airliners would never work.
1. Weight and space.
2. Inspetions and Maintainence.
3. High rate of speed + untrained passengers = death or serious injury.
4. In most fatal accidents there is not time to get out.
5. Lack of Oxygen at high altitude.
And you could not attach a giant parachute to the aircraft because it would rip apart the moment it was deployed.

Answer 6

Just think what might happen to someone who is travelling at 500mph and then suddenly opens a parachute...arms, legs, head all seperate from torso. The parachute may land safely, but there's no possible way any person would survive the deployment of the chute.

Also, at FL350 its about 55 degrees below zero, with enough atmospheric pressure to keep you conscious for about 8 seconds. So jumping out means instant death.

Answer 7

I have thought of that before myself. Probably because they fly so high that if it were to start falling out of the sky, the G force would be so strong you wouldnt be able to move anyways,and even if you did manage to get on the chute and get out the door of the plane the rate of decline would knock you unconcious the minute you jumped out and therefore wouldnt be able to release the chute anyways. Maybe they could put a big Parachute on the Plane instead!!? Then that way if it were to start to crash, then they could just cut engines and relase the chute and float down! Now theres an idea!

Answer 8

1) Aircraft not designed for egress, or jumping out . 2) The untrained passenger trying to use a parachute, a deadly combination. the bulk and weight of 300+ parachutes, inspection and upkeep. 3) Its safer to attempt to land a plane with a problem.

Answer 9

Statistically speaking almost all accidents occur on take-off or landing due to human error or mechanical failure. In that case, the plane would be too low to the ground to use chutes, and also there would not be enough time to get everyone out. In the highly unlikely event that a plane plummets from cruising altitude, about 30,000 ft., three things would happen...1) you would be blasted by 500+ mph winds, possibly breaking your arms, legs, and neck, 2) you would pass out within seconds from the low pressure environment and plummet to your death, or 3) you would freeze to death from the frigid temperatures of the high altitude.

Answer 10

Most aircraft don't crash.
Aircraft crash into some thing that was not known to be there.(mountains, other aircraft.)
Most crashes occur during take off and landing where a parachute would be no good.