Emergency aircraft evacuation
Emergency aircraft evacuation refers to emergency evacuation from an aircraft which may take place on the ground, in water, or mid-flight. There are standard evacuation procedures and special evacuation equipment.
Commercial airplanes
Commercial aircraft are equipped with
Airliners are certified for a full evacuation within 90s, but evacuation tests can be theoretical as real passengers may be older and in more overweight conditions.[1] Around 30 evacuation events occurs each year around the world, with a very high overall level of safety as observed by the
An evacuation is more urgent than a "rapid disembarkation", which entails using the aircraft's ordinary exits while leaving luggage behind. A 2017 incident at Cork Airport saw passengers use the overwing doors and slides after misinterpreting the captain's rapid disembarkation instruction as an emergency evacuation instruction.[2]
Ejection seats
In aircraft, an
Parachutes
Parachutes are designed to allow people to exit aircraft mid-flight and safely land on the ground by creating drag to slow descent.
See also
- Air safety
References
- ^ a b c d David Kaminski-Morrow (19 January 2023). "Regulators urged to revise 'outdated' 90-second passenger evacuation standard". Flightglobal.
- ^ Shanahan, Catherine (7 May 2019). "Chaos when passengers used emergency exits to get off plane at Cork Airport, report states". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 May 2019.; "[2019-004] Final Report: Serious Incident, Airbus A320-214 (EI-GAL). Cork Airport, 11 November 2017" (PDF). AAIU Ireland. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
Further reading
- Safety Study: Emergency Evacuation of Commercial Airplanes. National Transportation Safety Board. Adopted June 27, 2000.
- Muir, H. C.; Bottomley, D. M.; Marrison, C. (1996). "Effects of Motivation and Cabin Configuration on Emergency Aircraft Evacuation Behavior and Rates of Egress" (PDF). .
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