Passenger plane airbags.
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Airbag cut in half - photo
Motorcyclist airbag activates in MotoGP race - GIF and patent
Passenger plane airbags.
Previously:
Airbag cut in half - photo
Motorcyclist airbag activates in MotoGP race - GIF and patent
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nova_robotics (Jul 22, 2023)
Every seat in commercial passenger aircraft should face backwards. It's been proven multiple times that reverse facing seats are FAR more survivable than forward facing seats, but the perception is the public will reject them. We wouldn't need bandaids like airbags in seatbelts if the seats were mounted in the correct orientation.
There's an interesting AAIB report about this (Kegworth air disaster, UK, 1989, 39+8 fatalities and 79 survivors), see para 1.17.13 on page 89 (101 in the pdf):
https://humanfactors101.com/wp-conte...400-g-obme.pdf
Rear facing seats were/are used on most RAF transports, but I suppose "customers" don't have much of a say in the matter. I used a rear facing seat on a US commercial flight in the late 90's and apart from take off (where you have a feeling of sliding out of your seat) I don't recall any other real problems.
It's interesting to note that in the Kegworth crash all the overhead storage bins broke free...
nova_robotics (Jul 24, 2023)
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