Why didn't they use planes to rescue people on the titanic?

Question

Obviously there was a reason but I don't see why not.

Answer 1

And where would this plane land when it finally got there? Secondly. How many people could acually board it? Even if it was amphibious.

Answer 2

No planes capable of even attempting a water rescue yet in 1912, let alone out where the titanic sank,very few planes that could have even flown out to the site, and then they only held 1-2 people ,no seaplanes yet or anything,and thentheres how to find the sinking ship, titanic didnt effectively give and SOS or clear directions to the wreck,there wasnt any radar or anything yet,so all navigation would be by dead reckoning always tough at night,it wasnt like today when they just send the rescue ships right to a distress,back then it was a major undertaking even if you knew where you were going.,, even if it sank today they couldnt rescue them with a seaplane, they need a smooth landing area, not the stormy north atlantic,at night..and even the best modern seaplanes would only be able to carry a very few people at a time..then fly to ireland or somewhere land,unload ,refuel and go back, not possibly effective.

Answer 3

The Titanic sank in 1912. It was only in 1909 that Bleriot had completed the first crossing of a body of water, the English Channel. The Atlantic wasn't crossed until after WWI, which had given a great boost to the development of aircraft. The aircraft of 1912 were barely capable of carrying their pilot. let alone rescued passengers. Furthermore, the ship sank at night and, again in 1912, there had been very little, if any, night flying.

Answer 4

Aviation was still at a rather primitive state in 1912. It would have been quite a feat for a plane to fly from wherever there were some stationed to the Titanic, it would have taken too long for the planes to get there, and there wouldn't have been any room for passengers on it anyway.

Answer 5

Because there were no planes that could even attempt a flight as long and as complicated as one that would have had to been.Flight wa still more an idea than an actual reality and was still in it's infancy when the ship sank,in fact,I don't think the Wright Brothers had made their historic 1st flight at Kiityhawk when the disaster occured
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Answer 6

1. It was in the middle of the ocean and there was no airport there at which to land regular airplanes.
2. Helicopters do not have enough range to get from land to where it was.
3. There are very few airplanes capable of landing in the water and, until the invention of jet engines, they were too slow to get there in time.

Answer 7

they didn't use planes a lot and they were in the middle of the ocean