Mayhem

Not even an year into the missing Malaysian flight disaster, did the news of the German Wings crash popped up, though the investigation was comparatively quicker with the crash site located, rescue operations being carried on. It is tragic to know that there were no survivors and the hints that it could be the co-pilot's actions were devastating news. In this conjunction, I pursued my dad's ideas about having a parachute mechanism with my cousins graduated in Aeronautical engineering. It is surprising to know that  our individual parachutes rolled in our backpacks will not help much due to the complicated deployment procedure. Also, I was wondering if it would come handy in such scenarios like the German Wings disaster that descended to quite a low level and ample time (atleast  8minutes since the Captain noticed the co-pilot locking the cockpit and was pouncing on the door requesting to open), my cousin pointed out that there is a very high chance that people could be slammed back into fuselage due to the external forces.  My dad's idea about having a parachute for the whole plane that would deploy to decrease the speed there by reducing impact may not prove to be practical either.  More thoughts and ideas to make travels a safer procedure are welcome for discussion.

 

 

On a side note, this reminded me of an inspiring book that I read in my child hood in Reader's digest "Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors" where the survivors displayed exemplary bravery and skills and were rescued. An inspiring Non-Fiction Adventure read! My favorite line is -

"You can make it tough God, but don't make it impossible"

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Google for "Tenerife disaster" caused due to improper word usage of "take off" and miscommunication considered the biggest disaster in aviation history.