Wacky inventions go on show at Geneva fair

Yu Gao of China may have the answer to the future of aircraft safety. She has devised an emergency landing system which uses multi-layered parachutes for aeroplanes to be deployed in the event of an emergency. Her unusual idea is one of more than 700 concepts on show at the three-day event in Switzerland.

Yu Gao of China may have the answer to the future of aircraft safety. She has devised an emergency landing system which uses multi-layered parachutes for aeroplanes to be deployed in the event of an emergency. Her unusual idea is one of more than 700 concepts on show at the three-day event in Switzerland.