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Inventor pitches detachable airplane cabin to save lives during crashes

The latest innovation in airplane safety might just be a detachable cabin, at least according to a Russian inventor who released his designs for the technology this week

Tatarenko Vladimir Nikolaevich has spent three years working on the project, which would allow for an airplane’s cabin to detach at any point during mid-flight, takeoff, or landing in case of emergency, The Independent reported. In the event of detachment, parachutes would deploy to deliver the cabin to a safe landing on the ground or in the water.

Nikolaevich’s patented design even includes space underneath the cabin so that passengers’ luggage will detach in the event of an emergency, too Read more…