Engineers Want To Cover Planes With Giant Airbags To Protect Them In Crashes

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00:00Engineers want to cover planes with giant airbags to protect them in crashes.

00:06Two engineers have designed a system that covers planes with giant airbags that are

00:10deployed by artificial intelligence in case of a crash.

00:14They claim that the system will form a protective cocoon that will absorb impact upon crashing,

00:19thus saving numerous lives.

00:21The system, according to the engineers, can even be added to existing planes.

00:26Project Rebirth is the first AI-powered crash survival system.

00:30It deploys smart airbags, impact-absorbing fluids, and reverse thrust midair, turning fatal crashes

00:35into survivable landings.

00:37A second chance built into every descent, the engineers wrote on their website.

00:42Project Rebirth was born not in a lab, but from a moment of heartbreak.

00:46After the June 2025 Ahmedabad crash, my mother couldn't sleep.

00:51She kept thinking about the fear the passengers and pilots must have felt, knowing there was

00:55no way out.

00:56That helplessness haunted us.

00:58Why isn't there a system for survival after failure?

01:01I shared this with a friend.

01:03That emotional storm became hours of research and design.

01:06Rebirth is more than engineering.

01:08It's a response to grief.

01:10A promise that survival can be planned, and that even after failure there can be a second

01:14chance.

01:15According to Aishul Wasim and Darsan Srinivasan at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science

01:20in Dubai, the two engineers behind the project, the system uses five smart technologies to

01:26predict crashes, slow the aircraft, protect passengers, and aid rescuers.

01:32Those technologies include an AI system that monitors the plane's altitude, speed, and

01:37engine status.

01:38The AI reduces the plane's speed with reverse thrust given functioning engines, high-speed

01:43airbags deploy from various parts of the plane.

01:46Additionally, non-Newtonian fluids harden on impact, while rescue aids feature a bright

01:51orange shell and infrared beacons.

01:54The project is a finalist for the James Dyson Award, an annual competition for designers

01:58and engineers.

02:00The international winner and sustainability winner of the competition will be announced on November

02:045th.

02:05So let's go.

02:06Let's go.

02:07Let's go.

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02:09Let's go.