Vladimir Tatarenko was born in Siberia, studied at the faculty of aircraft construction in Irkutsk state technical University and worked initially in Irkutsk, then at the Kiev aviation plant: head of the mechanical and Assembly workshops, and after — leading engineer of scientific research Institute of aviation technologies. Engineer, participated in the creation of the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya, has developed a capsule that is able to ensure the rescue of all passengers and crew in a plane crash in the air, during takeoff and during landing. On AIN.ua there was an interview with Tatarenko, in which the engineer spoke about his idea in more detail.
A few days after publishing the demo video of the rescue system for passengers in airplane accidents, there was an unfortunate accident of the Russian plane in Egypt. Partly because now roller more than 17 million views. As an engineer of the Kiev aviation plant, Tatarenko was a part of the Commission on aircraft accident Antonov.
«Constantly seeing these horrors, knowing the statistics on crashes, I’ve come to some conclusions. People have the wrong impressions about the accidents, because the reason 80% of accidents are human factor (crew and those who prepare the flight),» said the engineer AIN.
Because the designers of airplanes try to improve the reliability of the airplane itself, the human factor remains constant and does not solve the problem of the collapse: just recall the recent incident when the pilot of the Airbus A320 Andreas Lubitz drove the plane into the mountain, being mentally unstable and suffering from depression (according to the official version). Victor Tatarenko decided to find a solution that would save the passengers and the human factor.
According to the International civil aviation organization, about 70% of accidents occurs in steady horizontal flight. The decision of the engineer was otstrelivaetsya capsule, which is attached to the fuselage and can if necessary be separated from the aircraft in seconds. Capsule with Seating for passengers and crew to jump out from the plane’s fuselage through the rear hatch in 2-3 seconds. First ejected a small parachute that pulls the parachute is larger, and that, in turn, the capsule. Alas, but the capsule is not suitable for Boeing or Airbus (yet) because these aircraft in the tail part there is no place for Luke, which could be out of the capsule.
Capsule falls at a speed of 8-9 m/s, and a special sensor determines the distance to the surface. At the end of the path are activated powder engines, which inhibit the container and he lands with zero velocity. The first stage of the invention — the installation of such capsules in production models of aircraft. The second is to create models that will initially be equipped with such capsules. The second option is preferable, as the capsule will not change the weight of the plane.
Why the designers of the aircraft never reached it before? There are several reasons. First, only recently had the ultralight and strong materials from which to produce such capsules, namely carbon fiber. Secondly, the designers of the aircraft are not very eager to implement such a mechanism.
According to the engineer, the development of capsules will take 2-4 years, and the cost of the first stage will not exceed one million dollars. Tatarenko has contacted the Ministry of transport, but there responded that in this project there is no money.
«I talked to chiefs of departments of the Bureau. Antonov, they have hands itch to do it, they say, «Yes we would for two years this worked out, Ukraine is not just surprised, but amazed the whole world.» They have the qualification, availability, experience. But we need money, which OKB no,» says the inventor.
Carriers also refuse to start the system in production, as it in the airplane will be one row less seats, so the flight will be fewer tickets. The aircraft will be heavier, will increase fuel consumption.
«I was asked, well let it be ticket is 30% more expensive — on what plane you take my family and fly on a regular or on such, which is guaranteed to be saved? But I was told that they now have no problems with security,» says the engineer.

Source: hi-topnews.com