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1/05/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.634-1/5/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Aircraft safety: Should planes have parachutes?
About one-tenth of small aircraft is equipped with a parachute that reduces the descending speed to just slow enough to land safely when it’s falling out of control.
That sounds like a rational idea, doesn’t it? Then why the rest of the small aircraft don’t have such a safety mechanism? What about large commercial airliners that carry hundreds of passengers?
There seems to be economical justification or motivation needed for aircraft manufactures, airlines or even governments to make such a costly and radical move because it requires huge, bulky and costly parachutes to work with such huge aircraft as well as large scale redesigning and manufacturing of the aircraft.
Enjoy reading and learning about this could-be-lifesaving safety device.


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