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The question then becomes are can a plane fly with each of those attached by structural bulkheads & explosive bolts. The remaining ‘crew and passenger capsule’
by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
The question then becomes are can a plane fly with each of those attached by structural bulkheads & explosive bolts.
The remaining ‘crew and passenger capsule’ would need to remain sealed.
- fulafel 8y agoMaybe solid forms could be explosively or electrically welded off.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoNo. This speculation is just pointless. It's simply not a solution given the engineering practicalities and cost constraints. It's also not a good way to solve what is essentially a software problem. Well-designed planes are ridiculously safe compared to almost any other mode of transport. And it's completely possible to design planes that handle all but the most extreme and unlikely edge cases. The problem here isn't that passengers didn't have a Rube-Goldberg escape route, but that Boeing made some serious design errors - and then apparently tried to cover them up.
- vfinn 8y agoI don't think speculating about the possibility of an emergency solution or escape route that is outside the reach of errors made in software/hardware/you name it is pointless. Speculating about this particular idea could be, if the idea doesn't expand to other directions. Saying that problems should be solved only within their respective domains, I don't agree with.