Why they can`t install ejecting seats on every passenger planes?

Question

well guys the thing is that if they were to install ejactable seats in a plane, there will be a way to eject them out of a plane, second, a plane is not crashing at 30000 feet, and third by the time you hit the ground , you can eject all the people sequentially....or

Answer 1

Well, first, when a pilot ejects from a plane, the window above him breaks away, letting him out.

There is no such thing on a passenger plane.  If a plane was going down, and people ejected, it would slam them into the roof of the plane.  Also, could you imagine the chaos of 300 people ejecting into the same area of space and then all of those parachutes opening at once?  It would be a mass of confusion.

Not to mention the fact that people couldn't survive at that altitude.  Your chance of dying in an airplane accident are one in 11 million.  Not really good enough odds to try to engineer something that major.

Answer 2

You also need to be trained to use an ejector seat.

Answer 3

It will cost to much... Even if they can, they have to fully re-design the planes, cause the roofs are made of thick plastic and aluminium... they will just smack the passengers head in to the roof and so on.........

Answer 4

Actually, I think thats a great idea. 300 people all ejecting in to the roof at once, it would make a brilliant video!

But, if a plane was about to crash, instead of everyone panicking as the plane goes down, have them all eject into the roof of the plane knocking them senseless, they won't have the final few minutes or however long it takes to panic, and won't feel a thing when the plane crashes.

Answer 5

Seriously?

Answer 6

Can you imagine the mess?  100-200 seats blasting off,  the parachutes getting tangled and the whole ball of screaming passengers coming crashing  to earth.  Not pretty.

Answer 7

There would be more deaths and then air travel would be as bad as car travel.

Answer 8

Cost and redesign of aircraft. Besides, where are passengers going to eject to at 30,000 feet?