Timeline for Why are commercial flights not equipped with parachutes for the passengers?
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| Mar 14, 2014 at 5:59 | comment | added | Bret Copeland | I would agree there are very few instances where parachutes would be practical, but complete hydraulic failure accidents such as United 232 or JAL 123 are examples where passenger parachutes might have been a practical option. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 19:33 | comment | added | Ed Griebel | Another example is the "Miracle on the Hudson" USAir 1549. They were in stable flight and possibly had enough time to don parachutes and exit (4 minutes after bird strike, much less after deciding teterboro was unreachable), but were not high enough to deploy (as it briefly reached ~3000 feet). | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 22:54 | comment | added | Lnafziger | @DavidRicherby Yeah, it sounds similar to Flight 1907 above in that they went into an uncontrollable spin.... :-( | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 22:47 | comment | added | David Richerby | You could possibly add the 1996 collision near Delhi to this list: the Ilyushin seems to have stayed airborne and intact for a little while. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 21:41 | comment | added | David Richerby | Also, the problems with AF447 started when they flew into a thunderstorm. Jumping out into one of those would probably introduce even more problems to the equation. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 21:16 | history | edited | Lnafziger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 21:15 | comment | added | Lnafziger | @AllenGould Absolutely, but you really only need a few seconds for an emergency parachute to open. My point is that even if you had all of that time available, it still wouldn't do any good. :) | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 21:12 | comment | added | Allen Gould | I'm no expert, but don't your times also skip minimum altitude required for the 'chute to open? | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 21:10 | history | answered | Lnafziger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |