Twelve air transport evacuations are reviewed. Injuries are discussed with emphasis on configurational and procedural contributing factors. Recommendations and information about possible methods of reducing injuries are provided.
The evacuation pattern of 99 of 106 survivors of a jet transport crash involving a post crash fire is described, factors possibly effecting the suffoc...
The costs of civil air transport emergency evacuation demonstrations using human subjects have risen as seating capacities of these aircraft have incr...
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