Why don't passenger aircrafts carry parachutes 4them2save their lives when crash-landing is unavoidable?

Answer 1

1. the parachutes would be heavy and expensive
2. not everyone knows how to work a parachute/strap it on
3. Emergencies in airplanes are very rare and even when something happens the plane can usually keep flying and land safely
4. I think it would be hard to jump out of a big plane when its going so fast
5. Getting everyone out of the plane orderly would be a mess and what would the pilots be doing?

Answer 2

bitrus,

Many reasons...

1. Money - See, the airlines have a formula...YOUR life, and all others who ride commercial passenger aircraft, are boiled down to simple math...approx. $2 million per life lost. So, in order for them to make their profit, the costs they incur must come under what they spend if an aircraft crashes, where the sum total of passengers WOULD survive if the situation dictates that bailing out on chutes is justified. They would consider the initial costs of the chutes, the upkeep and maintenance of the chutes, the extra fuel necessary to keep the chutes on board flights (they're not that light). Sad fact is, is that it's not worth their money to implement such a thing.

2. Parachuting is not as easy as you might think it is. Anyone who has performed even a static line jump (where the chute opens up immediately upon jumping from the craft) is much tougher than it seems. Folks in the military who parachute qualify go through many hours of training before they are allowed to jump. Now, odds are that the average civilian has never seen a chute before much less contemplate jumping. If they die getting tangled up in cords before hitting the ground...well someones's going to file a lawsuit...more money the airline's out.

3. Worst case scenario...no way you're gonna get 300 passengers to calmly go through a rudimentary lesson in parachuting, get the chutes on them, have them all line up single file to the two most aft exits and jump in an orderly manner before the craft crashes...no way, no how.

There are many other reasons why...these are the most important three I could think of off hand.

Answer 3

1. Because the average airline customer would not be able to use the parachute safely.
2. Because the cost of the parachute outweighs the possibility of, in the event of an emergency, the safe landing of the passenger. In other words, the cost is to great to justify the few, if any, lives saved.

Answer 4

First 4 and 2 are numbers not words. If your question is important enough to ask, it should be important enough for the extra 3 key strokes.

1. Parachutes need altitude to be any use. Planes crash into things when they run out of altitude. Mid air crashes usually happen on approach or takeoff, so not enough altitude there either.

2. Experienced skydivers get hurt on landing from time to time.And they are using equipment that they are very experienced with.

Answer 5

1) Liability
2) Insurance
3) Doors not designed to open in flight
4) Less risk in the crash than non-trained people jumping randomly
5) Cost

Answer 6

they are way too heavy, require frequent inspections and certification and it would be a nightmare to fit everybody into one and get them to jump before the airplane smacks into the ground. Statistically, you are safer to ride it in.

Answer 7

Then if you die using it the airline is liable for suggesting you might survive.