Aircraft accidents AIrcraft to blame?
This year has started off in a bad way with a number of fatal and tragic accidents culminating in the latest one which is extra awful as it appears to have involved young people.
Many of our light aircraft are 20 30 40+ years old. Yes we have advanced in leaps and bounds with avionic advancements.
With a car the development has involved deformable structures, engines that go below the passenger compartment and airbags. In racing cars fuel cells which dont catch fire.
The engine on an aircraft is held by a few alloy tubes and there is nothing to stop the mass of engine metal joining you in a headon.
What more can be done to protect pilots from pilots. Cirrus must be commended for their work on ballistic shute recovery systems and vertical impact seats plus airbags.
What can we safely do with older aircraft to make them safer to their occupants if anything or is it all down to pilot training?
Another very sad day.
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