SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A headline that caught our eye claims two inventors have designed massive airbags they say could make plane crashes survivable.
It's true.
The aviation engineers from India have designed a system called Project Rebirth in which AI is used to determine if a crash below 3,000 feet is unavoidable.
If so, giant airbags would be deployed to form a protective cocoon to absorb the energy of the crash.
Pilots would have a window to override it.
Skeptics point out the physics would be a problem, including the added weight of airbags big enough to cushion a plane.
But the design is a finalist for the James Dyson Award, which is an annual global design competition.
