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This Is Why Airlines Don’t Have Parachutes For Passengers by skyhighweb(m): 1:11pm On Sep 20, 2016
1. The door of a passenger plane cannot be opened
in mid-flight . Even military parachutists wait till the
plane gets stable to exit.


2. Parachutes which can be used by an average
person is big enough to slow down a whole airliner.
This will be heavy enough, reducing payload as well
as increasing the number of flights to transport the
same amount of passengers.


3. An opening in an aircraft destroys the whole
fuselage .


4. Each parachute may weigh 8–10 kgs and too
expensive .


5. It is extremely difficult to exit an unstable aircraft
cruising at 400–600 mph. Most of the novice
skydivers jump from an aircraft moving at 80–100
mph


6. A jet which is cruising at 35,000 feet (almost three
times higher than a typical jump) every passenger
would need equipment like an oxygen tank, mask and
regulator, flight suit, helmet and altimeter just to
manage the thin air. Or the passengers could just
pass out from hypoxia (deficiency in the amount of
oxygen reaching the tissues) and wake up later.


7. Each and every passenger requires training to
understand parachute usage. Not everyone is good at
listening to flight attendant’s emergency situation
instructions or flight safety instructions which we see
daily in many flights.


8. You might be in a panic state and might need to
deploy the chute manually (which is practically
impossible without prior experience) and what about
the impact/injuries during landing? It may be to an
open ocean, jungle or desert.


9. Tickets will become expensive and we know
majority of the passengers choose only cheaper
aircraft sometimes.

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Re: This Is Why Airlines Don’t Have Parachutes For Passengers by thesicilian: 1:20pm On Sep 20, 2016
Nice info. Didn't even know before that there are no parachutes for passengers.
But instead of giving a million valid reasons why a passenger can't have a parachute, they should spend more time, effort and money to research ways in which it will be safe for passengers to use parachutes. And/or make the flight experience much safer in general.

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Re: This Is Why Airlines Don’t Have Parachutes For Passengers by Immatex(m): 1:23pm On Sep 20, 2016
Increased my flight phobia by 1000%
Re: This Is Why Airlines Don’t Have Parachutes For Passengers by samsard(m): 9:01am On Sep 21, 2016
Immatex:
Increased my flight phobia by 1000%
Lol.
Re: This Is Why Airlines Don’t Have Parachutes For Passengers by Nobody: 6:23pm On Sep 21, 2016
I always had this notion,now it's been confirmed

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