Transport airplanes are required to be assessed for ditching capability in the FAA type-certification process. This includes the airplane's emergency evacuation potential, i.e., the ability of passengers to escape the airplane after it lands on water. Actual emergency data to support ditching certification are not available; there have been questions as to whether evacuation flow rates onto land are appropriate for use in ditching-related flotation time computations. Simulated evacuations from platforms into the CAMI survival tank were conducted to obtain passenger flow rate data that can be used to support the certification process. Methods. A 12 x 12 platform was placed next to the tank. Platform (exit sill) heights of 9 , 2 , 4 , and 6 were employed; flotation seat cushions and inflatable life vests were used as individual flotation aids. Four subject groups performed 3 simulated evacuations at each platform height through a Type-I exit-sized opening; 4 other groups similarly used a Type-A exit-sized opening.
Simulated Evacuations Into Water
2004
14 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Human Factors Engineering , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Transport aircraft , Evacuation , Emergencies , Water , Platforms , Survival(Personnel) , Exits , Passengers , Flotation , Seats , Pads(Cushions) , Ditching , Aircraft evacuation , Passageway configuration , Hatch operation , Competitive egress , Individual subject characteristics , Passenger management
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