Air Crash vs Car Accident

[xlwoo]

I was told that there are much more car accidents on land than air crashes in the sky. This is true, but people often survive in car accidents, and seldom survive in air crash. One air crash for a person is enough. He is forever gone. If he is involved in several car accidents, he may still be alive and enjoy his life. So there is no comparability between the two.



I always think how we can reduce death rate in air crash. I suddenly think of the parachute. We can't provide every passenger with a parachute and train them how to use it before boarding. However, why can't we install three huge parachutes in the airplane, one in the front part, one in the middle and another in the tail part? The parachutes can automatically open in air crash just like the airbag in the car, which will hinder the pull of the gravity. Can anyone who reads this article spread my idea to the experts that they can make the invention? Thanks for saving life.

[Lokasenna]

I'm not sure LitNet is the obvious place to go to make contact with the airline industry...

Actually, something like this is already being considered - I read an article about it somewhere. The idea is that the passenger section of the plane would automatically separate from all the other bits, then deploy parachutes.

[xlwoo]

I read the new idea recently. My article was written two years ago and posted in some other websites.

[Iain Sparrow]

It wouldn't matter if every passenger was given a parachute, or if they were trained in its use.
A plane that's either descending quickly, or even at level flight at 36,000ft would be next to impossible to exit. And if you were unlucky enough to exit the plane, you would do so in a 500knot jet stream that would likely suck the breath out of you and tear your body apart.
In short, you are an idiot.
You are not likely to die in a car accident, and the odds of losing your life on a passenger jet are next to nil.

You will however be more likely to die of a stress related disease due to worrying about ridiculous nonsense.