Comments on: Putting airbangs in airplanes? http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:23:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/comment-page-1/#comment-295662 Jeff Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:14:35 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/#comment-295662 Actually there is an easier way to up the survivability of crashes. That is turn the seats around facing backwards. This is already a requirement on military transports. Only problem is passengers don't like it much, of course last time I checked passengers also don't like severe injuries either As far as most air crashes being surviveable, this is true. I took several classes concerning air crash analysis as part of my bachlor degree. 85% of all crashes are surviveable. 80% of those who die due to impact in surviveable crash are made up of the crew(pilots) and first class passengers (there is justice in the world). Nearly 90% of all the deaths in this type of crash are from smoke inhallation. So in other words that lovely airbag is going to help you survive a near instant death just so that can have a much slower more agonizing death by suffocating then burning to death. Actually there is an easier way to up the survivability of crashes. That is turn the seats around facing backwards. This is already a requirement on military transports. Only problem is passengers don’t like it much, of course last time I checked passengers also don’t like severe injuries either

As far as most air crashes being surviveable, this is true. I took several classes concerning air crash analysis as part of my bachlor degree. 85% of all crashes are surviveable. 80% of those who die due to impact in surviveable crash are made up of the crew(pilots) and first class passengers (there is justice in the world). Nearly 90% of all the deaths in this type of crash are from smoke inhallation. So in other words that lovely airbag is going to help you survive a near instant death just so that can have a much slower more agonizing death by suffocating then burning to death.

]]> By: Jerry http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/comment-page-1/#comment-295525 Jerry Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:53:56 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/#comment-295525 (...said...) (…said…)

]]> By: Jerry http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/comment-page-1/#comment-295522 Jerry Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:53:36 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/#comment-295522 These could be useful for non-total-destruction accidents. Going off the runway, stuff like that. But if you drop like a rock from 30k+ feet? Better be a damn good airbag. Like the comedian side, "How far can one engine take us? All the way to the crash site. We'll even beat the ambulances..." These could be useful for non-total-destruction accidents. Going off the runway, stuff like that. But if you drop like a rock from 30k+ feet? Better be a damn good airbag.

Like the comedian side, “How far can one engine take us? All the way to the crash site. We’ll even beat the ambulances…”

]]> By: David:moua http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/comment-page-1/#comment-295339 David:moua Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:43:05 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/#comment-295339 What if the plane crash at 250 miles/h ? If a plane crash, it will be more likely at this minimum speed. What if the plane crash at 250 miles/h ?
If a plane crash, it will be more likely at this minimum speed.

]]> By: Alex B http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/comment-page-1/#comment-294955 Alex B Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:28:36 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/11/8404/#comment-294955 "Built into specially equipped seatbelts"? What if you put on your seatbelt all twisted up? That wouldn't be good. “Built into specially equipped seatbelts”? What if you put on your seatbelt all twisted up? That wouldn’t be good.

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