Why don't aeroplanes have parachutes?

[roysters]

Is it to do with costs?

Surely you have more of a chance of surviving ia crash if there is some sort of basic mask/parchute under your seat or something.

Sorry, I just don't particularly like planes an im going away in a few weeks.

 

[Jono]

it's more to do with it being pointless.

 

[Red and White]

because if a plane crashes your need for a parachute is gone

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

I would gess that it's because you'd have to come down to an altitude where you could breath and not before you could bail out. Given that if you were in sufficient trouble to warrent bailing out, the plane would be falling out of the sky like a brick at this point, you'd barely get anyone out and that's iff they didn't kill each other to be at the front of the queue first.

Just a guess though.

 

[knowledge123]

Probably because it requires special training, special clothing, and the speed and altitude that the planes fly at would make an emergency exit extremely dangerous, w/out said training and clothing, also there is the small matter of depressurisation.

 

[Chris19]

Realistically when a plane is about to crash i doubt you have a lot of time to do anything, let alone put on a parachute and dont you also need some form of training to use one?

 

[TheMightyTen]

So as plane is crashing, you get out your seat, get the parachute, strap it on, ensure it's fitted correctly, form an orderly que with everyone else on the plane and make your way to the door, get in the door and ..........SPLAT! whoops the plane seems to hit the ground before I was ready!

Add on top of that the extra cost you'd have to pay for your flight because of the extra fuel the plane would need for the added weight, either that or cut down on your luggage allowance.

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

Also, anyone bailing out at 400mph would probably just hit the plane and die anyway. You'd need to give everyone ejector seats and that would probably make the plane too heavy to take off.

 

[Muffin`]

Add on top of that the extra cost you'd have to pay for your flight because of the extra fuel the plane would need for the added weight, either that or cut down on your luggage allowance.

Or charge tickets per k/g of total weight

 

[6thElement]

Some planes do, personal ones in jumbo jets would never be viable. Look how long it takes to get everyone on and off the plane...

 

[bledd]

they should just have one mother big parachute stored in the tail for such emergencies

 

[MookJong]

I've always thought the plane should have a couple of parachutes

 

[SiriusB]

There is barely enough room to take a jumper off on a plane in Sardine class, nevermind strap on a parachute.

 

[meghatronic]

they should just have one mother big parachute stored in the tail for such emergencies

That everyone holds on to

(I know what you meant)

 

[todd flanders]

Next thread - "When an elevator fails, why don't people just jump before it hits the ground?"

 

[Richdog]

Some radical new technology to help with a plane not crashing when the engines decide to fail is definately needed! Roll on anti-grav...

 

[Red and White]

Next thread - "When an elevator fails, why don't people just jump before it hits the ground?"

not again.

 

[roysters]

Next thread - "When an elevator fails, why don't people just jump before it hits the ground?"

well actually...

 

[Pixel]

Next thread - "When an elevator fails, why don't people just jump before it hits the ground?"

Would that work?

 

[Spitfir3]

Some small aeroplanes (like private propeller planes) have big ones for the whole plane.. this could be used for Airliners.. I suppose.

They dont have them in Airliners 'cause it is relativley safe, if something went wrong high up you'd know about it, people might not be medically fit for actually jumping out at medium altituds, it would be hard to jump with out hitting yourself of something and finally at very high altitudes you'd need a pressurised suit or soemthing to breath