Another Cirrus Down

Robert,

Apparently there is concern that the chute can go off hours
after the accident or that the airbags can explode in front of rescue
teams.


And of course we ALL know the reports about how that (the latter)
happens all the time in car wrecks. Oh, we don't?

Time for a reality check...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Yes, in fact there is a lot more information now concerning car crashes
being given to Firefighters. Apparently, in addition to the risk of
undeployed airbags, suspension struts are now considered highly
dangerous to Firefighters. There have been several documented cases in
which a car, on fire, as released its struct at a very high velocity.
Apparently it can easily cut a hole in a firetruck. Fireflighters die
trying to rescue people from their burnnig cars more often than people
realize.

-Robert