Another successful CAPS deploy

"44444444444" (00000000000000001) 01/26/2015 at 13:08 • Filed to: cirrus, caps, ditching, hawaii

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Apparently one of the ferry tanks malfunctioned and the plane ran out of gas. This is another case of a BRS saving lives. Ditching conventionally can be rather dangerous. Anyone who knocks the pilot for not 'saving the plane' is a moron. People before plane. I can only imagine how many armchair pilots are complaining about this. Stop, seriously. If you deploy the BRS within the speed and altitude envelope you will live.

Even more interesting is the recent article by Flying about the BRS.

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spanfucker retire bitch > 44444444444 01/26/2015 at 13:11

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Thank you NASA.

505Turbeaux > 44444444444 01/26/2015 at 13:16

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they need to make these for commercial planes as well IMHO. But the airlines will point out that it costs too much money over our safety yet again and spend money to make everyone think they are right. Lives < dollars

davedave1111 > 505Turbeaux 01/26/2015 at 13:21

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Lives = dollars. You can't spend the same money twice, and commercial air travel is so incredibly safe that it would be much more cost-effective to save other lives.

44444444444 > 505Turbeaux 01/26/2015 at 13:26

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I don't entirely agree with that argument. A Cirrus or really any small GA plane is highly rigid, especially the composite ones (Cirrus, Diamond), an airliner is not. The forces from deployment would tear the plane apart without a decent amount of reinforcement and multiple chute systems to gradually slow the thing down. Also, airliners are 300,000lbs heavier minimum... Bringing that down in one piece would be a huge engineering feat. I could see a BRS on a Dash 8, CRJ, ATR 72, and maybe a 737. It wouldn't make sense on a 777, A380, or 747. Short haul jets would benefit more IMHO. The 777 has such a good safety record that there isn't a reason to do it. The only 777 accidents were not preventable with a BRS: Asiana, MH370, MH17.

505Turbeaux > davedave1111 01/26/2015 at 13:26

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It terrifies me. I have been on some stupid flights before and that should remind me of how safe it really is that I didn't go down in a storm or from a cracked windshield or something. But it doesn't

505Turbeaux > 44444444444 01/26/2015 at 13:27

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it is always the short haul ones that I think need it most. But that is just me, terrified of flying in anything I cannot see the pilot in. I love small planes, but put me in a metal tube and dont show me the guy driving the bus, and I am freaking out

lone_liberal > 44444444444 01/26/2015 at 13:28

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People would criticize the pilot for using BRS instead of ditching in the water the conventional way? That doesn't make sense to me since I'd think traditional ditching would tear up the plane even more and present a much greater chance of the pilot getting killed since there is more velocity. Either way the plane ends up at the bottom of the ocean. People are idiots. Also, getting picked up by a cruise ship has to be the best way to end that experience. Lots of booze!

44444444444 > lone_liberal 01/26/2015 at 13:31

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People are idiots... Especially people who know nothing about flying aside from what they hear on CNN.

lone_liberal > 44444444444 01/26/2015 at 13:32

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davedave1111 > 505Turbeaux 01/26/2015 at 13:33

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So either deal with it or don't fly. But a BRS wouldn't work, and isn't the low-hanging fruit.

44444444444 > lone_liberal 01/26/2015 at 13:33

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