And the pilot only has LIMITED choices about where to land and where the plane will roll, skid, or tumble to a stop after it hits the ground. And in some of these cases, the pilot and passengers may actually survive the crash while somebody on the ground is tragically killed. It's very tragic and there is one simple addition to all airplanes that could help prevent this from happening in some cases.
By adding a sturdy horn or siren or noisemaker, maybe similar to a car horn, but probably bigger, more like a truck horn, people could be made aware a few seconds ahead of time of impending doom. With just a few seconds warning, these people could look up, run, dive out of the way, take cover, etc, and perhaps avoid being injured or killed.
This would NOT be an expensive addition to airplanes. Preferably it would be a button that the pilot could push in case of emergency that would automatically keep repeating the horn or siren or whatever kind of noise-maker works best to alert people on the ground. It should be automatic because the pilot cannot concentrate on manually pushing a horn while also attempting to steer and navigate as best as possible to a crash landing of some sort. This is a very simple & inexpensive addition to aircraft of all kinds that might save some lives on the ground.
This blog will be posting cases of plane crashes or emergencylandings in which lives might have been saved if there had been a horn or noise-maker of some sort activated before reaching the ground. Talk to your legislators about this as a future requirement for all planes.. Here's an example of a possible preventable death if the airplane made some noise.
"A Georgia man was killed and his daughter critically injured Sunday when an airplane struck them as they walked along a Florida beach.
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Wendy Rose said Venice Municipal Airport officials reported a plane in distress Sunday afternoon...."
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/27/us/florida-plane-crash-lands-on-beach/
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