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Old 11th Jul 2002, 09:17
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DeepC
 
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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?
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