I am traveling overseas by myself next week to visit my relatives and I was wondering can I take a parachute into an airplane? I know statistically it's not likely but I know lots of plane crashed and I don't want to die right now. As soon as I see smoke, air plane having engine trouble, or hear over the intercom that pilot had a heart attack, I want to save myself by jumping off it with my parachute.
2007-02-23 07:32:10 · 5 answers · asked by ocean 3 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
No, I have never jumped in my life and why would air speed at which the passenger planes fly would probably kill me?
2007-02-23 07:51:33 · update #1
Nice try, but no.
1) You can't open the doors inflight
2) You can't jump out at 550 mph
3) You will die of oxygen starvation before you fall to an altitude at which you can breath
4) You have a far better chance of surviving the crash
5) Parachutes have barometric releases on them that have to be disabled before being allowed on planes. And even then you have to check them.
2007-02-23 11:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK for first of all nothing is going to happen, so don't worry. For second of all id the plane is cruising at 35,000 feet, which almost all planes on every flight reach, you are going to die once you open that door. The air pressure is going to kill you in about 2seconds. temperature up there is about -57 degrees Fahrenheit, which could freeze you in about 10 seconds, and the wind its self is about 400 mph. The conditions outside of the plane are deadly to every single living thing. And if you were to survive that jump, what is going to happen if your flying over the ocean? Or God knows where you might land: volcano, highway, farm, skyscraper, the possibilities are endless! Just remember once you open that door not only you go but the rest of the passengers too, and the plane itself will be crushed in the matter of 3 seconds. If you were to crash, which your not, you have a better chance surviving inside the plane than jumping out.
2007-02-23 17:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you an experienced jumper? If you are, then you know that the air speed at which the passenger planes fly would probably kill you, should you be able to overpower the passengers who would try and stop you (since opening the hatch would certainly hasten their death).
Reality check - your best shot is with the pilot. After that - pray.
2007-02-23 15:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none of that stuff is going to happen, you just need to calm down and stop watching movies about plane crashes, I doubt a parachute will help you over the atlantic.
2007-02-23 15:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by sangreal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would probably die trying plus killing everyone else as well
2007-02-23 17:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by G Dogg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋