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myshl0ng posted:Have there been any serious breakthroughs in aviation safety? because it seems be it now or 30 years ago, when a plane crashes you still have the exact same chances of dying a horrible death. I guess there is not much you can do when flying in a tin can. Auto deployable full-plane parachutes come to mind. Pretty much guarantees a soft glide down if you're a rich bastard on a private plane that has one. However, these have not been yet been fitted into any commercial jets since there is no interest to pay the huge development costs to get this working on larger planes.
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why don't they spray airplanes with Flubber and tell the pilot to roll the plane if its gonna get caught on something?
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Mar 26, 2014 05:19
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Rad Russian posted:Auto deployable full-plane parachutes come to mind. Pretty much guarantees a soft glide down if you're a rich bastard on a private plane that has one. However, these have not been yet been fitted into any commercial jets since there is no interest to pay the huge development costs to get this working on larger planes. do these actually exist? because enormous parachutes yanking a plane out of a dive sound tits
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Mar 26, 2014 05:21
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Orkin Mang posted:do these actually exist? because enormous parachutes yanking a plane out of a dive sound tits Yes. Can be used if engines/electronics fail and is especially useful if terrain is not suitable for normal emergency landing. 
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Mar 26, 2014 05:24
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slap one of those on a boeing
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Mar 26, 2014 05:25
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Rad Russian posted:Yes. Can be used if engines/electronics fail and is especially useful if terrain is not suitable for normal emergency landing. It should be noted that planes that have been so equipped have still been involved in plenty of fatal accidents.
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Mar 26, 2014 05:30
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PT6A posted:It should be noted that planes that have been so equipped have still been involved in plenty of fatal accidents. did any of them involve fatalities that could have been avoided by having the plane plummet into the ground instead?
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Mar 26, 2014 05:32
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Orkin Mang posted:did any of them involve fatalities that could have been avoided by having the plane plummet into the ground instead? nothing would be funnier than a plane with this slamming into the ground and then a few seconds later, a huge parachute erupting out of the wreckage.
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Mar 26, 2014 05:59
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Butt Wizard posted:nothing would be funnier than a plane with this slamming into the ground and then a few seconds later, a huge parachute erupting out of the wreckage. Avatar/post combo made me chuckle. Seems like something right out of an Archer episode.
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Mar 26, 2014 06:01
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The plane parachute is the best invention if only because of the stories of rich guys ruining perfectly good planes because they freaked out and hit the panic button.
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Mar 26, 2014 06:01
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Fallom posted:The plane parachute is the best invention if only because of the stories of rich guys ruining perfectly good planes because they freaked out and hit the panic button. *descends peacefully into hanger*
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Mar 26, 2014 06:03
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Sir Cornelius posted:True, but it's much less likely for a plane to crash than it was 30 years ago. You say that and then just the other day another 777 crashed.
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Mar 26, 2014 06:16
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Orkin Mang posted:why's that? what's so special about ur precious indian ocean It's really big, really deep and really far away from most continents. Also mostly uncharted.
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Mar 26, 2014 06:45
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Well now, this is interesting:quote:An object which looks like an explosive had on Monday washed up on the beach of Baarah in Haa Alif Atoll.
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Mar 26, 2014 06:50
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Do we not have flight sim goons that can give us an armchair aviator's opinion?
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Mar 26, 2014 07:11
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rocket_man38 posted:Do we not have flight sim goons that can give us an armchair aviator's opinion? It's Armchair Aviators night at all the gay bars, so good luck.
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Mar 26, 2014 07:14
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maxidious posted:You say that and then just the other day another 777 crashed. Wait what? When did this happen?
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Mar 26, 2014 11:58
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Butt Wizard posted:nothing would be funnier than a plane with this slamming into the ground and then a few seconds later, a huge parachute erupting out of the wreckage. It has happened, I seem to recall. Parachute didn't open, guy managed to crash land safely and then *pop* out comes the parachute.
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Mar 26, 2014 12:37
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Justin Godscock posted:Seeing it took two years to find the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009; it'll be a while. It took the world years to find the actual crash site of the Air France flight, but they found debris within days confirming that the plane actually did crash and all hands were in fact lost. This is different insofar as both the former and the latter are unknown. Finding debris that could conclusively confirmed as belonging to MH370 would be "finding the plane" in this case, although even that is looking more and more remote.
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Mar 26, 2014 12:50
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Isn't the 40th parallel south known for its storms and extremely demented waves? If so, welp, even if they found the debris, those could be misleading. Edit: 122 objects sighted by satellite, according to Malaysia. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-satellite-spots-122-possible-objects-1.2586654
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Mar 26, 2014 13:20
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spotted by an airbus satelite. 
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Mar 26, 2014 13:30
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Knight Corgi posted:Isn't the 40th parallel south known for its storms and extremely demented waves? If so, welp, even if they found the debris, those could be misleading. Trying to find the original crash site using floating debris is not very easy in good conditions. Even if you know exactly how the currents in the area work, and had no storms or wind, the debris is going to fan out the more it travels. So if the plane crashes on Day #1, and you find the debris on day #2, you can extrapolate a fairly small area which it originated from as it only had one day to travel and spread out. With the time and conditions the search teams are dealing with, even if they found debris, all it's going to tell them is that the crash site was either North or South of Malaysia.
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Mar 26, 2014 13:33
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Evil_Greven posted:Well now, this is interesting: It's not painted black and there's not a sputtering fuse on it so I dunno where they're getting bomb from.
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Mar 26, 2014 14:17
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Cthulu Carl posted:It's not painted black and there's not a sputtering fuse on it so I dunno where they're getting bomb from. Perhaps it's made by ACME
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Mar 26, 2014 15:28
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Guys 777 / 122 = 23???
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Mar 26, 2014 15:33
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MH370 found. It was hidden by YOUR MOMS FAT rear end.
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Mar 26, 2014 15:55
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Rad Russian posted:Yes. Can be used if engines/electronics fail and is especially useful if terrain is not suitable for normal emergency landing. Whenever they're deployed it's a writeoff for the airframe though.
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Mar 26, 2014 16:32
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Its gone, guys.
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Mar 26, 2014 18:01
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Every time this thread pops up to page 1 I think, for a moment, that another 777 has crashed, and briefly I think to myself "Wow, these Boeing 777s are dropping like flies, this seems like an unsafe plane"
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Mar 26, 2014 18:10
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Is the plane still hiding?
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Mar 26, 2014 18:12
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Party Plane Jones posted:Whenever they're deployed it's a writeoff for the airframe though. I mean, it can't be any worse than just crashing to the ground at full speed. I suppose they get activated when there's no real danger though?
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Mar 26, 2014 18:33
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Al Borland posted:Is the plane still hiding? Man, this is the most boring game of hide and seek ever. Let's ditch that loser and play some Street Fighter II.
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Mar 26, 2014 18:38
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Cash and Prizes posted:Guys 777 / 122 = 23??? Michael Jordan put a slam-jam on that plane.
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Mar 26, 2014 18:54
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the plane is in Somalia.
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Mar 26, 2014 19:02
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In 4 weeks, 200 left feet are going to wash up on Canada.
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Mar 26, 2014 19:04
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maddie mccann was flying the plane
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amityville anus posted:maddie mccann was flying the plane Oh no you.. oh, who cares at this point.
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Mar 26, 2014 19:26
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Look, I think it's pretty obvious that D.B. Cooper reappeared just to hijack this plane
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Mar 26, 2014 19:34
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amityville anus posted:maddie mccann was flying the plane OUR Maddie <3
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ILL ON PZONES posted:I mean, it can't be any worse than just crashing to the ground at full speed. I suppose they get activated when there's no real danger though? Hey, free drag chute, what's not to like?
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