Do they stock parachutes in commercial airliners? [closed]

Obviously we all know about the oxygen masks but let's say there was a strong exceptional reason for me to get off the airplane, are there parachutes that normal passengers have access to?

I cant recall mentioning parachutes in the mini lecture the aircrew give before taking off.

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Best Answer

tl;dr No, commercial aircraft don't have parachutes

If you google the topic, you will find quite a couple of articles on the topic, explaining why this wouldn't work. (For instance this one). Some of the many problems with this are:

Only a small percentage of accidents happen during flight, most happen on landing or take off, when parachutes won't be any help, because there's no time to deploy them.
Using a parachute is not as easy at it may sound and apparently even wearing a parachute will take quite a while. Now imagine explaining this to a cabin full of inexperienced people doing this in a very restrained place in a very limited time. And that's even before coming to the challenge of making them jump out of the door.
There's also a lot of environmental factors which makes this difficult. Calchas mentioned opening the door. But there's also the speed of the aircraft (if you take the wrong door, you might just hit the wing when jumping off. The lack of oxygen at this altitude will probably make you pass out. And as the article also mentioned, some crashes are due to bad weather, where a jump would be nearly impossible.

Overall this seems like a rather dangerous idea, and it is questionable if this would save any lives at all. For a more thorough explanation on all this, look at this question over at aviation.SE.

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Are commercial planes equipped with parachutes?

Commercial airplanes do not carry parachutes for passengers because in reality they wouldn't be able to save lives. Some of the reason for this are: Parachuting requires extensive training, thus making it impractical to use as a emergency safety solution.

Can you jump out of a commercial plane?

There are several good answers above, but another important thing to consider is that it's impossible to jump out of a commercial airliner (except the 727, which is rarely still found in passenger aviation) while in flight, unless a hole has opened in the fuselage or it has otherwise become depressurized.

Can a parachute save you in a plane crash?

IT IS MOST unlikely that a parachute will be of use if a passenger plane crashes. Even a plane-load of active military parachutists takes several minutes of reasonably steady flight to exit. Parachuting takes nerve, skill, and strength.

Why do pilots not wear parachutes?

The main reason why helicopter pilots do not need a parachute is because of an important flight procedure that allows the pilot to safely land an unpowered helicopter. Providing there is no catastrophic malfunction and the helicopter remains under the pilot's full control then an Autorotation is the pilot's parachute.

Why Don't They Have Parachutes For Passengers In Commercial Planes?

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