U.S. Airline May Fit Airbags In Aircraft Seats

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[flugholm]

More information here:
US airline may fit airbags in all aircraft seats

[Rainboe]

Not really a great help when the seats come off the mounts!

[captjns]

Great... more explosive squibs in the airplane. How many seats have come off the mounts versus not?

[Evanelpus]

Just one more thing to ground an aircraft when they go off accidentally on the ground.....magic!

[Ancient Mariner]

Evanelpus:

Just one more thing to ground an aircraft when they go off accidentally on the ground.....magic!

You're saying that aviation gadgets are less reliable than automotive gadgets? Fascinating.
Per

[captjns]

You will find that alot of gadgets in aircraft are found in cars too. Just alot more expensive in airplanes.

So how reliable is your car today?

[Evanelpus]

AM

You're saying that aviation gadgets are less reliable than automotive gadgets? Fascinating.
Per

Can only speak from 'experience' (well, friends experiences) but I personally know of three incidents of this, in three different models of car.

[Busbert]

Several airlines already have amsafe airbags in seatbelts (particularly in 16G cabins).

[Cyclone733]

You're saying that aviation gadgets are less reliable than automotive gadgets? Fascinating.

Depends what sets off the airbag, if it's g sensitive there are a couple of aircraft types where every landing would be a candidate for the bags going off.
Also 120+ bags per aircraft leads to far higher chance of the buggers going off due to the occasional fault. Probably more wear and tear due to the seating configuration from people getting in and out with luggage etc.

[David Horn]

Depends what sets off the airbag, if it's g sensitive there are a couple of aircraft types where every landing would be a candidate for the bags going off.

Which aircraft do you know that pull 40-odd G during a landing? ;-)

[student88]

Already in service on some Virgin Atlantic aircraft I believe.

[PAXboy]

As a marketing tool - this would be a winner. It is something that people understand, they have them in their cars and they will like it a lot. Yes, there will be some that go wrong but, whoever had the marketing idea for this, will win.

[Cyclone733]

Which aircraft do you know that pull 40-odd G during a landing? ;-)

Never seen one of my landings then...

[fullforward]

SOMEBODY GOTTA BE KIDDING!
WITH 99% OF THE AIRLNES BLEEDING MONEY AND ON TOOTHPICK SAVINGS POLICIES!....LOL

[West Coast]

Bet there was every bit as many nay sayers when other now proven safety advancement came about. A whole thread about why something won't work rather than how it can be made to work.

[Frangible]

Come back, rear-facing seats. All is forgiven.

[offa]

I believe the airbag will be for bulkhead seats so they can squeeze in another row without your head impacting too far into the galley area during a crash ....

[deltayankee]

I believe the airbag will be for bulkhead seats

I have seen this done already, on an Embraer 145 I think. Makes sense up front. Bit expensive to equip 300 seats.

[Pugilistic Animus]

Oh yeah, those will help