When a airline jet is about to land and is circling could you jump out with a parachute?

Question

People pay good money for an airplane to take them up where they can skydive. If your'e up there anyway why don't they let you bail out? My guess is some insurance company is spoiling the fun again

Answer 1

Where do you plan to land, in the middle of a freeway, or somebodies back yard, or in some power lines.
Skydiving is controlled with a planned LZ that is clear of obstacles.
Even with training the minimum for altitude for a free-fall jump is 3000' for static line jump 1500-1800'.
How are you getting out when the aircraft that is still doing 200 KIAS, normal speed for personnel drops is 130-135 KIAS. Without an air deflector you would bounce off the side of fuselage, most likely be unconscious at that point.
Aircraft doors do not lock, but when aircraft is pressurized, no one is opening those doors. Even as little at 3 psi would put 2500-3000 lbs of pressure on a door. You are not pulling that door open. Normally aircraft are not completely depressurized until below 500' AGL (Above Ground Level)

Edit for Dangerman: I didn't say Max altitude I said Min. Read it again.
You could jump from ten feet from a balloon that is not moving, not from an aircraft doing 150 KIAS. Can you say Road Pizza.
Ballisticly it takes between 300-400 feet for a canopy of a parachute to fully inflate and another 200 ft to slow to terminal velocity. The Min altitude I have dropped trained jumpers, on a static line is 1000 Ft AGL.
If you had a chute failure you would not have time to recognize it and pull your reserve chute.
Yes, the world record for a jump is over 100K ft, but that is irrelevant to this topic, isn't it?

Answer 2

My my the reaction of some people!!! Well I guess that you get the idea that it may be possible to jump from a plane on approach/down wind/base/final and the people who are limiting altitude to 3000' are wrong the max altitude that someone has jumped from (balloon) is somewhere around 100k feet (in a space suit) and the lowest is about ten (10) feet during WW II to see if someone could jump from a low slow flying plane.

If you look at it logically the airlines have NEVER let anyone jump from their planes near the airports going back to the propeller early days when there were wide open fields around airports. Its bad for business people getting out and walking and all that sends the wrong message to the public that flying isn't safe. Also the number of people who have a jump permit is rather small compared to the number of backsides in planes. Also there is a question of traffic in the air around airports the pilots are very busy at this point and aren't going to be looking out for someone at the end of a parachute.

Nope not an insurance company this time just common sense

Answer 3

My My My!!!! Sorry to say but this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
1) All new air crafts have a Door positioning system that is set by the pilot and would not open till the pilot release the system.
2) The Aircraft is pressurized and you probably kill all aboard.
3) with Min 150 Knots speed and the Aircraft drag your going to be like a fly stock on the grill of the car.
4) The Air Marshall is GOING TO SHOOT YOU before you reach the door.
5) on the holding pattern they are more air planes under and above you that you might hit when jumping.

Any way even the dumb Al quad's can not think a stupider think to pro form.

Good luck

Answer 4

Good luck getting the door open and also in not getting the **** beat out of you while you're putting your rig on by the passengers or a federal agent! If you succeed past this point then have a great skydive! It will be an interesting one to say the least if you decide to put it in your jump logbook. Take care to insure that no flight attendants fall out. Hope this helps. Lol.

Answer 5

I wish! I'd love that. The airliners are not set up for jump operations for many reasons. I would jump if I could. I do as much as I can. There are a few jets in the world that are set up for jump operations. there is DC-9 in Perris Valley California that is used for jump operations. Normal commercial airliners are not set up to have a safe exit point. If they did, I'd be out the door!

Insurance is one thing, the FAA is another.

Blue Skies!

Answer 6

Hey,

Yes! if the door did not create any excess drag to the aerodynamics of the aircraft (have the door at the back of the airplane), you may jump out with a parachute given you have enough altitude (2000 ft AGL). Good Luck! But most commercial airplanes besides the MD 90 don't have tail opening doors. Good lcuk!

Answer 7

hi
it depends, because if the aircraft is on its final circut u cant jump ont with a parachute, but if its on a nornal flight circut from about 1500-2000fts doe the air craft will not be very high but you can still skydive from it. have a wonderfull weekend.
Alex

Answer 8

i'd attempt to land the airplane formerly i'd come to a variety to bounce. in spite of everything, the airplane will crash and the pilot's physique in it. His family members would choose to bury him, so as that they had savor having the physique. additionally, the airplane could crash right into a exceptionally populated area, killing many human beings. So that's surely greater useful off if in basic terms I die attempting (in case the touchdown is unsuccessful) to land the airplane than many many harmless unsuspecting human beings on the floor.

Answer 9

NO U CANNOT not only is this a dumb thing to do but the aircraft doors are locked and set not to open until the PIC ...(pilot in command) unlocks the door. typically upon landing this is done

Answer 10

No, when your about to land the airplane is too low