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You are likely correct on most of that, except that the cirrus chute is good down to 500 ft. That said, there are other systems that can help in accidents like
by neurotech1 17y ago
You are likely correct on most of that, except that the cirrus chute is good down to 500 ft.
That said, there are other systems that can help in accidents like this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAWS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAWS
Another option is NavFLIR / EVS which is basically a IR camera to give enhanced visibility during bad weather.
If they did have an engine failure after take-off, NavFLIR could have aided a forced landing. The cause of this crash are not yet known.
Feel free to email me if you want.
- paulgerhardt 17y agoI was looking through the FAA AAI site (http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/ http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/prelimina...) and apparently there was an incident just a week and half ago involving a Cirrus colliding with a glider tow-rope/tow-plane at 8,000ft (about 2,500ft AGL in Boulder). This is the first time I'd seen video footage of the Cirrus shoot deployed in a non-simulation environment. Unfortunately only those onboard the glider survived. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/06/boulder-air-collision-thr_n_452328.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/06/boulder-air-collisi... (video at bottom.)