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OP, this is one of those suppositions that if one of my kids suggested it, my response would be: "Let's think this through."
Average MD80 (smallest of the mainline jets of AA or DL) weighs around 140,000# fully loaded. An A380 is nearly 1,000,000# fully loaded.
Drag coefficient (Cd) of a parachute is 1.75
Density of air (r) is 1.229
Using V=sqrt(2W/Cd*r*A), solve for A and figure out how large the area of a parachute to have a jet airliner come down safely would be at a safe V - Velocity.
Yeah even Tom hanks can land with zero engines
Because it's already incredibly safe?
Maybe just 20 parachutes for the top members of the airline's loyalty program on that flight. Platinum Pro and up.
In the unlikely event something happens mid air, most likely ain't no parachute saving nobody.
Such an adorable question
Planes don't need a parachute... they can land just fine as long as they don't lose their wings or explode.
So this might surprise some people: http://abcnews.go.com/US/parachute-save-crashing-small-plane-arkansas/story?id=34941524
Exactly. All commercial planes can land on a single engine safely. Which is not the case for a single prop plane where engine failure is more likely due to poor maintenance.
No thanks. Just Hanks.
I personally want a parachute so I can peace out whenever I sit next to an undesirable.
Not to mention most incidents happen on takeoff and landing, in which case you're too close to the ground for the parachute to be effective anyway. And forget skydiving out of a commercial plane; the planes for each are traveling at a completely different scale of speed. As @B1 mentioned, there's a use case for parachutes on small planes but only really in the general aviation/private jet space
Just realized my username is highly relevant to this discussion: pilot-induced CFIT is the leading cause of aviation-related deaths, and a parachute ain't gonna help you there
"Massive airplane parachute" "Anti Hacking Software" is this DJT on Fishbowl?
You mean "Hacking defense" EY2 ππ
Also, planes usually cruise above 30,000 feet where the atmosphere can't support human life (not enough oxygen and too cold). If you jump out at that level, you die anyway.
Then you wait till it's close to crashing to the ground and jump out at that time :)..
Thank god you are not in aeronautical engineering. Just your thinking is enough for Dante's Inferno
See video above. They do exist in some cases.