> For obvious reasons, a whole frame parachute in a 737 is a crazy proposition. It is ridiculously heavy[...] It's still crazy and impractical, but for what it

> For obvious reasons, a whole frame parachute in a 737 is a crazy proposition. It is ridiculously heavy[...] It's still crazy and impractical, but for what it's worth I think that's nobody's suggestion of how something like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System would work on the scale of an airliner. The mockups I could find of such proposed systems (e.g. [1] and [2]) all involve just the tube that forms the passenger cabin somehow ejecting as a whole and then parachuting to earth with some system similar to what was used for the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters[3], maybe with added retro-rockets for the landing. You could also imagine a system where each passenger is sitting in an ejection seat taken from a B-2 or F-35. The cost would be insane, but it could be done. 1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2016/01/20/detached-from-reality-jetliner-with-a-detachable-passenger-cabin-sounds-cool-but-is-laughable/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2016/01/20/detached-... 2. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/11/why-your-plane-cant-have-escape-pod/123989/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/11/why-your-plane... 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Boo...