Catastrophic Failure Safety Systems
Following a thread on Rotorheads........
Apart from ejector seats in military hardware why do no civil aircraft have systems that cope with a catastrophic failure?
By this I mean something like a large emergency paracute that will deploy in the event of a catastrophic failure in a small helicopter or small aeroplane.
In a large airliner it might be more of a challenge but surely with current technical knowhow it must be a possibility. (single use rocket assisted cushioning, airbags, fuselage held together with kevlar netting sandwiched within the fuselage structure)
Any ideas?