1.Passenger Survival Rate
The commercial aircraft flies anywhere between 25000 feet to 40000 feet, at this altitude the pressure is anywhere between 1.58 psi to 0.76psi and temperature is somewhere between -51°C to -63°C.
If you attempt to skydive at such a high altitude you will become unconscious due to lack of oxygen leading to medical conditions like nausea and hypoxia. Even if you survived hypoxia exposure to such a cold temperature could cause hypothermia or frostbite.
so, you’ll require a thermal insulator to keep you warm and an oxygen cylinder to supply you with enough oxygen.
These extra equipment’s space and weight would be added to your ticket price, making it 2-3 times more expensive
2. Parachute deployment
Parachutes are not designed to handle the stresses of high speed flight, so it would not be safe for passengers to use them during a plane crash.
Parachutes are not meant to be used in emergency situations, and the risk of injury or death is too great.
The tandem skydiving in which diver is harnessed with trained professional has to go atleast 1 hour of basic training and instruction. In case of emergency you can’t expect the cabin crew giving lessons on how to successfully deploy parachute.
Parachutes also require a significant amount of time and space to deploy, and in an emergency, time is of the essence.
3.Weight restrictions and Cost analysis:
The readers who have or have been part of civil aviation would definitely know the importance of weight factor in civil aviation.
The weight of an aircraft have significant impact on fuel consumption, range, climb performance, manuverablity and it will also challenge structural integrity of an aircraft.
Adding extra weight of parachute and of course that thermal insulator, oxygen cylinder, googles to mae your dive super save will affect overall performance of an aircraft.
To make you more convince lets play some number game, the average weight of parachutes use for skydiving is 22 pounds which is roughly around 10kg.
A320 the most celebrated airliner in commercial aviation has MTOW
According to the NTSB’s 2019 Aviation Accident Database, around 54% of accidents occur during takeoffs and landings, with the remaining 46% occurring when cruising or climbing.
The NTSB statistics also show that approximately 80% of fatalities occur during takeoffs and landings
4.Aircraft Design
Many small aircraft that host regular skydives like cessana or PC-6 caravan have large door opening to facilitate quick exits while,Some military aircraft like Boeing C17 globemaster or Lockhead C17 globemaster have ramp or cargo door opening on aft section.
While on other hand commercial airplane do not have any of these feature to carryout skydiving.
If my words don’t make sense to you, try opening the door when the airplane is in the air.
5.Emergency procedure
In a nutshell the pilots and crew member are highly trained professional who are taught to tackle any inflight emergency, such as how to respond to an engine fire or how to deploy a slide in the event of an evacuation.
The aircraft is also equipped with emergency equipment like oxygen mask, fire extinguishing bottle, smoke hood, and first aid kit to name.
According to NTSB report, in 2019 there were 568 aviation fatalities worldwide, compared with 1.25 million deaths from all other forms of transportation combined.
This means that flying is about 10 times safer than traveling by car, bus, or train combined.
Additionally, the rate of fatal aviation accidents has decreased significantly over the past ten years, dropping from 0.27 per million flights to 0.07 per million flights in 2019.
This is due to improved technology, rigorous safety protocols, and better training for both pilots and air traffic controllers.
To conclude my words, aircraft does not need parachute as an additional safety measure to passenger in event of emergency.
The aircraft in itself is redundant and engineered in such a way to catered all emergency situation.
The next time you travel in an airplane you can have a peaceful sleep knowing that you are in safest machine on this planet.
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