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sapient45
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airplane disasters don't happen that often. like 1 in a million or somethin like that. to expensive to modify. its cheaper to pay the victims family than upgrading the planes. |
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LanDoctor
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The scary answer is that it would be to costly to implement and the weight of the solution would be not practical. The problem is the amount of fuel on board and the shear speed of the airplane. When at altitude, a person would pass out from lack of oxygen.
I was humbled when they (on TV) said the cost per person is weighed against the cost of the solution.
Have you ever watched the show "Seconds to Disaster"? It is interesting to see how these events unfold.
The moral of the story is be ready if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
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the_wire_monkey
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Planes crash mostly on take off and landing. Not much a pod will do for you. |
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Cedric-1986
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well I do think this is and good idea, but i would think this would cost a lot of the $.... so i don't think this is not the best idea.... for practicality reasons... and well i would think this would make the Airplane heavier and that means slower / less people on the plan... plus the people on the plan would need to know how to use the escape pods... i do think we have the tech... but its way to expensive to be used on a passenger plane... there might be on a more personal planes.... but that's a BIG MAYBE.... i hope i helped out. |
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newstarwarslover68
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Only one aircraft in the world has an escape pod and that aircraft is AIR FORCE ONE. The rest of us just have to go down with the plane. And not all air crashes end up with everyone dead. Next you will be asking if they could put ejector seat on passenger airplanes. |
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tikitiki
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Well first, if there's an explosion or fire, the cabin fills up very quickly with smoke, you won't be able to see. And as far as the explosion, well that's self explanatory. If it's crashing, the plane is most likely going to nose dive. If you've been on a plane, even on a take off you can feel the pressure pushing you back. Imagine at a straight downward angle, and much greater speed, you wouldn't be able to move a finger to an escape pod. And just not enough time. |
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JOHN M
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why a "pod" ? all you'd need is a self contained oxygen system, ejecting canopy and seat and parachute system unfortunatly makeing all the seats in a plane do this flawlessley would take years of research and deveolpment and a lot of money. why don't you write lockheed martin or boeing and aske them why commecial aircraft do not have ejection seats? Then you'll be speaking with someone who has a inkling of idea of how a ejection system works. |
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i am not normal, but special....
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it depends. if the escape pods were made of metal, it might cause a lot of financial problems. If it were made of cheaper materials, it might not even keep the passengers inside safe.Anyway, if the plane's difficulty was an electrical problem, how would the escape pod even escape???Weight is another proble. Too heavy and the plane would not take off. Too light, god knows when the pod is gonna come down. What's gonna propel it after it is being ejected from the plane? Wind? Sun?Nuclear?[laughs] Maybe... |
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drks.neuro
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god idea - if you dont like the passenger next to you - just trip him into space - damn good idea for a new type of hijack! |
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Mike C
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where would you put an escape pod? it would take up more than 2/3rds of the airplane space so it would cost you three times as much to fly the same route, then people would stop flying and the industry would crash and burn and then there would be no airplanes anymore.... |
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SnortingMercury
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You know what'd be cool??? If we just had a back-up plane strapped to the roof of the plane we were on. That way, if the plane starts to fall, we could all just jump onto the back-up and sail away through the blue skies. Then we could land in Chocolate Land, where everything is made of Chocolate. It would be fantastic! Oooohhh, I just had an idea!! Maybe the backup plane could be made of chocolate so that if we didn't need it, we could just eat it and be so, so happy!!!
Anyone sellin' mushrooms??? |
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helpme
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I don't think that would work for several reasons. Most planes crash on landing or take-off --- so no time to get into an escape pod. Even if each seat was built as a self contained pod or row of seats, you wouldn't want passengers to decide that they suddenly need to eject. If the pilot had the control to jettison the pods, so to speak, most of the time,I don't think they'd jettison... thinking they'd bring the airplane under control. I'm thinking it would aslo be cost prohibitive as well as make the planes heavier.
Even though when you hear of an airplane disaster, it seems like a lot died, more people die in automobile accidents is what the stats show.
I like the way you're thinking out of the box though.. keep it up and maybe you are onto a good idea. |
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Out of commission
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Escape pods? Is that another term for Parachute? |
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randyrich
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That's like asking why is the sky blue. You are confusing fiction with reality. The cabin is pressurized for one thing. The weight of the plane is another one to consider, and No, we do not have this technology.
I hate to be negative.
This is a good question, because it may make people that see it, think out of the box and solve it; somehow. I just don't see how. |
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PAL
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Yeah, do you have any idea how much that would cost? And you would need enough escape pods for 200+ people. We DO have the technology but you can't really apply it to aircraft. Maybe a private jet but nothing for commercial use... |
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yomero
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I see 2 reasons:
1.- Cost.
2.- Size (It would be as big as the airplane itself) |
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The answer man in Pa
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do people actuall think before they ask these questions????? Where are you from ORK(Mork and Mindy) or do you live with Capt. Kirk or Zim? SERIOUISLY |
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