Is a person allowed to take a parachute (backpack) on a commerical airliner?

Question

With the way things are going these days, I want an exit strategy!

Answer 1

Yes you can. Check out www.uspa.org to get information about traveling with skydiving equipment.

Take it from someone that jumps out of planes for fun. There is not enough room to put on a parachute in a commercial plane. Everyone would have to wear the rigs before getting on the aircraft. Even if everyone had a parachute there is no safe way to exit the aircraft. You would need special equipment and training to survive the 560 + mph winds and 30,000 foot plus altitudes. Without extra oxygen and protective gear you would die in that environment. The fastest skydiving jumps are at 150 knots, not 500 + knots and are made from 18,000 feet MSL or lower. Just getting out of the airplane could kill you as you'd be slammed into the door on exit. The next issue would be landing a parachute. Most likely this case would use rounds and you'd just have to do a parachute landing fall. That is easy enough to learn. The steering of the canopy would require training. I'd say that about 25% of the people on any flight are not healthy enough to survive a normal skydive. The very young, old, and anyone not in good health would have no chance at surviving the exit, parachute flight or landing.

if every seat was an ejection seat then maybe you could save a handful of lives, but the extra training and complete redesign of the aircrafts would not be cost effective.

In the big picture. commercial airline flights are very safe and not something to worry about.

Answer 2

Backpack Parachute

Answer 3

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Is a person allowed to take a parachute (backpack) on a commerical airliner?

Answer 4

Good thought!

Couple things to think about, though. 1) Where are you going to get a backpack parachute in the first place?

2) If there is an emergency on the plane, you would have to somehow get the backpack out of the overhead compartment, strap it on, make your way to the door, open the door, and jump. Now, the plane is going around 550 mph so you are dragged immediately into either a 550 mph slipstream or onto the tail of the plane.

Friend, neither scenario is going to happen. Get on the plane, take a Valium if necessary, relax, and you will be at your destination safely. This is a 99.9999999999% fact. In the tiny chance the plane goes down, it was your time to go. Do not think about it.

Answer 5

The way things are going these days? We just had one of the safest years in commercial aviation.
You can't just open the door of a 747 mid-air.
Let's say you somehow did. Now, you are at 35,000 feet and have no oxygen. So you will pass out way before it's time to open the parachute. Which means you will ruin a perfectly good parachute when it (and you) slams into the ground (at least you will be unconscious already) and several hundred miles an hour.

Answer 6

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1) Who is going to train everyone on the flight how to use the thing? 2) You are assuming the the aircraft will remain in level flight in an emergency, the reality is that it will be pitching/diving/rolling, which makes it impossible to move in the direction you wish to 3) The doors will not open while the aircraft is pressurized. Once the aircraft is depressurized above the 10,000 ft level, you have about 3 - 5 minutes before you pass out, not enough time to make it to the door with 200 other passengers in front of you 4) They are heavy and take up lots of space. You think you have trouble now with overhead bins, put parachutes in them and make people check everything, see how for you get then 5) How do you prevent irresponsible people with little kids from messing with the chute? They would have to be replaced every flight. Would you trust that the last person didn't f'ck it up for you? 6) Most accidents occur during the take off/landing phase, at that point you're not high enough to deploy the chute and survive 7) Jet liners travel in excess of 500 MPH. The velocity would suck you right into the engine when exiting a door in front of th engine, or bounce off the win, stabilizer, or a variety of antennas just waiting to maim you on the way out 8) In order to install anything in the cabin of an airliner, it must comply with FAR 25.853, which determines the flammability properties of any object. A parachute would burn very fast in the event that a small fire broke out that might otherwise be controllable with a cabin fire extinguisher. If you were to coat the 'chutes with a flame retardant that is available today, it would likely break down the fabric, and cause havok with the operating mechanism of the 'chute causing it to fail anyway. 9) The oxygen masks don't reach past the seat berth, so you're not going anywhere with the chemical oxygen generator and mask. Nice try, though. Lastly, you would not have enough time to stand up, don the chute, get to the door (assuming the aircraft is flying level), fight the flight attendant for the door handle, if you were to get the door open, fight the wind blast to get you out the door, and then avoid being sucked into the engine on the way out. If the airplane is going to come out of the sky at that altitude, it is going to be rolling or pitching or both. You will not be able to move in any direction that you intend to go in. So, you'll be treading on other passengers on your way out and trying to avoid being knocked unconscious by something falling or hitting your head on the various hard things throughout the cabin. Lets not forget that at higher altitudes you'd need to do all of this within minutes to avoid blacking out due to a lack of O2. All of you people have this simplistic view of an aircraft peacefully an gently gliding back to earth, if so, then why jump out? If it is going to crash, gravity and G forces will not allow you to do anything! Don't be so naive! That enough reasons for you?

Answer 7

You may bring skydiving rigs with and without Automatic Activation Devices (AAD) as carry-on or checked luggage. Typically, a rig will move through the checked luggage or carry-on security screening process without needing physical inspection. However, security officers have a duty to thoroughly inspect any item that raises suspicion. If security officers determine that they need to open a rig to inspect it, you must be present and will be allowed to assist. For this reason, skydivers should add at least 30 minutes to the airline’s recommended arrival window when they are traveling with their parachutes.

When checking the parachute in as luggage, pack the rig separately without any other items in the bag. Additional items, if suspicious, could trigger an inspection of the entire bag. Parachute owners may help security officers unpack and repack the rig.

Answer 8

I don't think so. You woudn't use it in case of emergency if you'd have.

Answer 9

I doubt it.

Answer 10

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