Why aren't airline passengers given parachutes?

Question

Surely we'd be a lot better off with a parachute instead of a seatbelt and a lifejacket ( although these are necessary too ). Under circumstances where something went wrong wouldn't it save lives? Maybe airline bosses think that people wouldn't feel as safe and fly less if parachutes were made available.
If your plane is going down no seatbelt or lifejacket with a whistle is worth jackshit to you.

Answer 1

because the pressure you are at is really dangerous. just a crack could send people through the windows. but if the plane is gliding downwards and you reach a safe altitude feel free to jump off. also i always bring a parachute on my airliners when getting on. you never know what could happen

Answer 2

There are tons of good answers as to why not. First of all is the cost, to provide and maintain parachutes for all airlines seats would increase ticket price by a significant amount. Secondly if the plane is coming in for a crash landing best case scenario is the plane lands succesfully and everyone is alive, safe and also together (making search and rescue mush easier instead of looking for people wandering in the middle of nowhere). If you gave people parachutes, this wouldn't happen, everyone would be panicking and fighting over who gets to the door first instead of being secured in their seats. And what I consider to be the best reason, you'd probably die if you tried to jump out of an airliner. Skydiving takes a lot of training, mostly so you don't tumble and can safely open the chute, not something you would be able to do right off the bat. Also, the altitude and speed at which you would be jumping at would be deadly, not enough air (so you'd pass out or become hypoxic) and way too fast (ever been in a 500mph wind?). So.... thats why.

Answer 3

Accidents in real life don't happen like in the movies(like something goes bad at 30,000 feet and they start falling, and it takes like 30 minutes to rech the ground...).
In real life, tt only takes a split second for everything to go wrong, and most of the time, when the bad thing happens, the plane is not high enough to even attempt to jump out of the plane.

If you notice, most accidents happen either when taking off, or when landing. If you keep track of the news, you would see that even proffesional skydivers have been killed while their aircraft was taking off. Why didn't they jump?
1- There wasn't enough altitude.
2- They probably didn't even notice something went wrong until they hit the ground.

If something goes bad during flight on a commercial airline(say an engine dies), there is usually more than enough time for the pilot to fix the situation - needless to say that most aircraft can fly safely on a single engine. In fact, it would actually be a lot safer to stay in the aircraft than to try and jump.
If something worse was to happen, like a wing breaking due to stress, or something, the aircraft would start spinning, and the G-forces wouldn't let you move at all.

So basically, no point in parachutes.

Answer 4

actual - in case you're able to get out ! additionally, the airways truly do no longer care appropriate to the passengers, they only go with their money. otherwise they might spring the money for the parachutes as nicely as engineering planes which could enable many human beings to flee at as quickly as. for all of the genuises above. wager what occurs whilst a airplane shuts down and starts a descent, as in a crash project ? It slows and starts to drop out of the sky. in basic terms because of the fact a human many times can not take a 35K foot bounce at finished velocity potential no longer something. And weight ? those planes are designed to hold great lots. a chute won't make an significant distinction !

Answer 5

Civil airliners fly at altitudes of between 30,000 and 36,000 feet - 10,000 to 12,000 metres. At that height there is not enough oxygen to breathe, so you would suffocate, and its about 50 degrees below zero, so you would freeze, even if you could get the plane door open.
Imagine the absolute chaos on a crowded plane if everyone tried to put on parachutes and then get to the door - they would be log-jammed in the aisles. Life jackets aren't a great deal of use either, no wide-bodied jet has yet managed a successful landing on water.

Answer 6

You are more than welcome to wear a parachute the next time you fly if you think you'd be safer. Me? Airline seats are too tight as it is and I ain't gonna sit on some chute pack with my knees already up under my chin. But trust me on this. The most dangerous aspect about flying on the airlines is the drive to and from the airport. So if you want to be safer in your life, don't get into a car ever again. Come to think of it, the more time you spend in airliners, even without a parachute, the less time you'll spend in cars and the safer overall that you'll be. How bout that?

Answer 7

That's got to be the most frequently asked question in this forum. I could write you a book about why this would be a bad idea but it really all boils down to this. You have to be highly trained to use a parachute and jump out of airplanes

Answer 8

Cause we would never get the opportunity to jump anyhow.. and beside, without parachute training, (and there is training involved) they stand a better chance of surviving than jumping without knowledge of a chute and splatting on the ground... but you are right as in if my plane was going down anyways, I wouldn't the chance to at least try.. at least I would have parachuted before I died.. and adventure.. haha

Answer 9

Passenger jets were not meant to be jumped out of. You would probably bounce off a wing or go right through the engine. You know how fighter jets have an ejection seat. Its to throw the pilot as far away from the plane as possibly. I guess you have to just pray that you land in water.

Answer 10

A parachute wouldn't save you. If you jump out of a plane as it's plummeting, the parachute will never open. The only way it'd help AT ALL is if the plane was moving horizontally...but if it still is, what's the point of jumping out?