In the May 2010 edition of Flying" magazine there is an article about airbags onboard aircraft
Quote:"AmSafe" supplies 95% of seatbelts for the worlds commercial aircraft.
The first seat belt air bag flew on a commercial airliner in february 2001, and others are now installed on 40,000 seats on 50 different airlines.
The airbag is armed when the seatbelt is latched. The airbag is deployed by a module that is attached under the seat in commercial aircraft, or attached to the airframe on GA aircraft.
The G-switch is set to deploy at 8 to 9 Gīs with the rate of decceleration factored in to avoid accidental deployement during a hard landing.
At this point almost 90% of new single engine aircraft are delivered with airbag seatbelts.
Been flying on USAF transportīs a handful of times facing aft, and while this may be more safe, i couldnīt help looking at the huge cargoloads facing me in the cabin just waiting to crush me after iīve been saved by the rear facing seat.
