Given it is 21st century, why we can't think of mechanism which will save people in case there is problem with the airplane during flight? e.g. so that cases like MH370 don't happen?
Is this really such a difficult engineering problem?
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I'm sure we could if we were willing to spend 100 times more on tickets and have all of the versatility taken out of it. – GdD Jul 04 '17 at 13:45
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3What do you mean? Lives are saved every day because such safety mechanisms already exist. – 60levelchange Jul 04 '17 at 13:56
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2Why can't we think of mechanism to save people in case of insert random human activity here? – el.pescado - нет войне Jul 04 '17 at 14:00
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6BTW. Every time I fly, before takeoff flight attendants perform obligatory lecture about "mechanisms that save people in case of airplane problem?" - oxygen masks, life rafts, emergency exits etc... – el.pescado - нет войне Jul 04 '17 at 14:02
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This question and this one might be useful. – Pondlife Jul 04 '17 at 17:14
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There are, as many others pointed out, many thousands of systems, saving the aircraft.
But I assume you mean things like ejection seats or parachutes for passengers:
There is indeed already a mechanism to save the passengers of a plane. Not for airliners, but for general aviation planes. It's called the Ballistic Recovery System (BRS). Cirrus built it into their Cirrus Aircraft and named it Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS).
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3There are millions of safety mechanisms in aviation and they save lives every day. – 60levelchange Jul 04 '17 at 13:57
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