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A question airline passengers the world over have asked themselves. “WHERE’S MY PARACHUTE?!” Grab my Exclusive NordVPN deal HERE https://nordvpn.com/debunked with a risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee! The understanding is if the plane’s going down, you should be able to jump out with your parachute and float to safety. We DEBUNK the myths & misconceptions, explain the problems and show you what would really happen.


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SOURCES

Parachuting is hard and requires hours of training at the very least.
https://www.theguardian.com/no....tesandqueries/query/
https://www.cntraveler.com/sto....ry/why-commercial-ai
https://simpleflying.com/comme....rcial-planes-parachu

Modern airliners travel so fast that, due to the crushing airflow, as well as the possibility of hitting the outside of the plane, simply exiting the plane could kill you.
https://www.theguardian.com/no....tesandqueries/query/
https://www.cntraveler.com/sto....ry/why-commercial-ai
https://simpleflying.com/comme....rcial-planes-parachu
https://www.scienceabc.com/eye....openers/why-dont-com


Modern airliners travel so high up, each person would require oxygen masks for the descent. 35,000 is about three times the height of a conventional skydive.
https://www.cntraveler.com/sto....ry/why-commercial-ai
https://simpleflying.com/comme....rcial-planes-parachu
https://www.skydivetecumseh.com/2017/01/31/difference-14000-18000-feet/#:~:text=Most%20skydiving%20centers%20here%20in,feet%20is%20where%20it's%20at!


Air outside an airliner is subzero. That’s not even factoring in windchill caused by traveling at speeds of 400, 500mph…
https://www.popsci.com/science..../article/2013-01/fyi

Air pressure differential could cause lungs to explode “Boyle’s law says there’s an inverse relationship between atmospheric pressure and the volume of a gas.”
https://www.popsci.com/science..../article/2013-01/fyi
https://weather.com/travel/new....s/survive-sucked-out

Logistics of parachuting every passenger during an emergency would be insane.
https://simpleflying.com/comme....rcial-planes-parachu

Parachutes are big and bulky and would add significant weight to the plane in order to accommodate every passenger and crew member.
https://www.cntraveler.com/sto....ry/why-commercial-ai

Almost all airline accidents occur during take-off and landing.
http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/risks_of_travel.htm
https://www.cntraveler.com/sto....ry/why-commercial-ai
“only 9% of fatal accidents in the last two decades have occurred when the plane was cruising.”
https://simpleflying.com/comme....rcial-planes-parachu


Parachutes for planes?
https://www.bbc.com/future/art....icle/20131223-should

Jumping Solo
https://www.skydiving.co.uk/le....arn-to-skydive/accel
https://skydivecalifornia.com/....blog/how-many-tandem

Emergency Evacuation Times
https://www.aerosociety.com/me....dia/14129/raes-emerg
https://www.wired.com/2008/08/as-your-flight/

Gimli Glider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Air France 447 crash
https://www.channel4.com/news/....plane-dropped-38-000

HALO Cost
https://skydivehigh.com/halo-jumps/