RE: Letter to the Airlines:Is it too much to ask for a parachute

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Letter to the Airlines:Is it too much to ask for a parachute

in travel •  8 years ago  (edited)

It's because planes fly at almost 1,000km/h, and the outside temperature at altitude is minus 50 degrees C. And there's not enough oxygen to be conscious.

It would be a rare situation where they could fly slow and low enough to let you disembark from a large aircraft...

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Sooo don't exhaust all possible means of survival? People skydive everyday, aren't these guys trained piolets? If the plane is going down do you want to take your chances with with the gravity or the heat/air pressure?

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

When your average daredevil skydives for fun, the plane is typically travelling at between 130km/h and 180km/h when the skydiver jumps.Tandem and accelerated free fall (AFF) jumps occur between 10,000 feet (3000m) and 13,000 feet (4000m), while static jumps can be as low as 3500 feet (1000m).

A large aircraft can't fly that slowly.

Read more at https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/02/why-dont-commercial-airplanes-have-parachutes-for-passengers/#Cpi6xi5JzYC4Qfrb.99

What would you suggest