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Plane Crash (pg. 8)
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
im more inclined to think its related to what lillith alluded to earlier, in that airlines are a business and cost-cutting is part of that business. sub-contracting their maintenance to third parties in developing nations is a big cause for concern imo. there's been quite a few incidents lately in australia regarding equipment failure but whether that's just a media beat up or not is hard to tell. |
It is really simple economics when it comes to running the commercial airlines.
That's it.
There is no other reason.
Planes are horrific in terms of keeping them going in maintenance and fuel, the bigger they are and the worse it gets. Even those little Cessna 172's blasting around will go through about 70L of avgas per 1000km's with a decent load in them, at avgas prices its still more efficient than driving, but at around $1.80 a litre, depending on where you are, it kind of stings.
Even its engine is the equivalent of a highly tuned race engine, they need stripping down and full rebuilds, none of this 'just throw oil in it and hope' stuff because its not something you want to go wrong.
I clocked up about 420-430 or so hours in planes with a civil aviation licence landing much of that on what passed for roads in Africa, the odd "glorified paddock" and only managed to stack one once... which I still maintain wasn't my fault.
Also a fat lot of good a chute will do you at 200ft which is where it really gets very dangerous on the final approach, if you're going to die in a plane its usually going to start around that height. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
yeah, but my doctor said i had to start being nice to one person a day, so that was it. |
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| Ian |
I'm too late to add anything intelligent to the discussion so I shall add this
in all honesty, it's so much safer to fly than drive, especially when you see the women drivers with kids shouting in cars, the sub-continent drivers without licenses and the elderly drivers doing 10mph everywhere here. I'll always fly ahead of any other form of transport if it's realistic, eg. I got a return flight to edinburgh and did the journey in 55mins for less than I got a single train ticket which took 5 hours. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
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Reminds me of the Fight Club safety card
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| Paradox Lost |
| You know, no thread involving parachuting is really complete without Zlid. |
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| Akridrot |
They should put a rocket inside the plane that flies in the opposite direction. Since it's a separate rocket and not the plane, no crashes would ever happen. Hahaha.
They should invent flubber for planes so that when they crash, the plane just bounces up and down, safely. |
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| boris_the_bear |
| they should fill the passenger compartment with laughing gas for the EPIC LULZ |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | 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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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
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The only thing I ever get out of those safety cards is:
1. Don't operate a remote control toy car on the airplane; it will make the plane do whatever you tell the toy car to do.
2. After a crash, if you see debris outside the emergency exit, incinerate it by shooting laser beams from your eyes. |
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| Fledz |
Opening a plane door mid-flight takes about 25-30 tonnes of force if I remember correctly, or something close to that. Even if you could somehow miraculously generate that much force, you would probably cause an explosive decompression.
If parachutes could save lives in the way you wanted, they would already be on the planes.
And no I did not read past page 1. I was too busy facepalming. |
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| aquila |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
I did not read past page 1. I was too busy facepalming. |
This.
Sorry Theresa, but this thread is seriously one of your worst blonde moments...and I don't even know if you're a blonde or not! |
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