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Originally posted by Theresa Ok, this may seem like a stupid question... but with the recent plane crashes, I have pondered this and wonder if anyone knows. In the event of a plane crash... Why aren't there parachutes on board a plane? Why can't they open the emergency exit doors and have people jump out? I mean, if your plane is going down, chances are, you're going to die. So you may as well take the chance and jump out... you're likely to have more survivors. Right? It just makes sense to me... if the plane is on its way down, have an emergency release where the exit doors come off and parachutes are available. Everyone jumps out as fast as they can and hopes for the best.

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Maybe this will sound like a crazy question, but why don't commercial planes carry parachutes for each passenger? Life jackets are pointless, but wouldn't parachutes occasionally save the day? Granted, a novice skydiver would be risking life and limb, but it's a better option than hitting the ground at 400 miles per hour.

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Ask_the_P..._for_passengers

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Originally posted by Theresa This is what I was referencing. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/...ffalocrash.html

I knew you were, and like I said, that is not why the plane crashed, though it MAY have been a contributing factor.

Most airplane crashes are due to a long chain of mostly insignificant and unrelated events.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by bas No, it's pretty god damn obvious to everyone that's ever stepped foot inside of a plane. I don't know anything about aviation, and very little physics outside of some college classes and I know that you can't jump from a fucking plane ~35,000 feet in the air. You're an idiot.

Ahh, so this is why there are over 1 million results for the same question on google? Everyone obviously just knows...

Jeez, I am so dumb sometimes. Thanks for showing me the error in my ways Bas.

Much appreciated

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Originally posted by winston interesting http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Ask_the_P..._for_passengers

Yea, I found that... a lot of the same thoughts on there.

de nada.

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Originally posted by Theresa Ahh, so this is why there are over 1 million results for the same question on google? Everyone obviously just knows...

Yeah, there's a lot of dumb people out there.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

stupid is as stupid does

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Originally posted by Yohan good luck trying to push open the doors in mid flight, going really really fast even if you do get out, the odds are you might get sucked into one of the jet engines. fun times. plus unless you know when to deploy the parachute, the odds are, the parachute won't deploy properly depending on speed you're going. and imagine landing in middle of ocean. your parachute pack don't carry much in terms of survival gear

lol total fucking thread annihilation

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in theresa's defense i will admit i once asked the same question. i think i was 11. and i felt a bit dumb after i'd asked it too.

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it's ok, i don't think it's dumb at all, i think this answer has an explanation.

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Originally posted by Clovis Yeah, there's a lot of dumb people out there.

Yea, anyone who isn't an expert in every field/topic/subject out there is a moron.

You know more about planes than I do. I probably know more about putting people on planes/tourist destinations etc. than you do. Not everyone is a genius in every subject out there, except for people on TA of course.

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Originally posted by Theresa Yea, anyone who isn't an expert in every field/topic/subject out there is a moron. You know more about planes than I do. I probably know more about putting people on planes/tourist destinations etc. than you do. Not everyone is a genius in every subject out there, except for people on TA of course.

and barbina...oh wait, damn it..i must be dumb too

guillotine. kthnxbye

I don't remember exactly what happened in the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes an astronaut. But I think they were doing a high altitude jump and Barney's chute doesn't deploy and he lands in a mattress depot, bounces out and into Duff Beer company.

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