This report contains results of a study conducted by the George Washington University Aviation Institute under a contract from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board. The purpose of the study was to examine events and injuries occurring during emergency evacuation of commercial aircraft operated under provisions under Title 14, Part 121, of the Code of Federal Regulations when inflatable slides were used. The study identified a number of issues regarding emergency evacuations. A number of recommendations are also made that may mitigate injuries incurred during emergency evacuations using inflatable slides. Emergency evacuation events matching the scope of this study for the period of January 1, 1996, to June 30, 2006, were identified. During the stated timeframe, 142 emergency evacuation events were found. The collection of data presented a number of challenges associated with the details of events and the consistency of recorded information; this was particularly the case for events in which minor injuries were incurred. Multiple data sources, including databases from FAA and NTSB, commercial databases, and records from airlines and Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) units were used for the data analysis.


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