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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => Technology => Topic started by: eye30 on May 11, 2014, 12:24:10
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A light plane that ran into trouble over Australia's Blue Mountains has made a near-perfect landing - on the end of a parachute.
The pilot of the Cirrus aircraft deployed the parachute that is fitted to that make of plane and drifted down into the front garden of a house.
If the aircraft had not been carrying a parachute, police and flying experts agreed that the result could have been tragic.
Don't worry, the PLANE has a parachute! Aircraft passengers miraculously survive engine failure after pilot deploys (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625422/Dont-worry-PLANE-parachute-Four-aircraft-passengers-miraculously-survive-engine-failure-pilot-deploys-unique-safety-device.html)
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These are a brilliant addition to light aircraft,shame they can't do the same for larger aircraft
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These are a brilliant addition to light aircraft,shame they can't do the same for larger aircraft
They don't need them for larger aircraft, they have more than one engine. The weight penalty for something as big as an A380 would mean the thing wouldn't get off the ground.