Frequency and Costs of Transport Airplane Precautionary Emergency Evacuations

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• Creators:
  Hynes, M. K.
• Corporate Creators:
  Hynes and Associates, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Evacuation
  • Air traffic
  • Cost estimating
  • Crash reports
  • Emergency exits
  • Escape systems
  • Incident management
  • Emergency egress
  • Airline operations
  • Passenger injuries
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-99/30
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Jcffrey H. Marcus
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  Precautionary emergency evacuations that occurred during the period of 1988 through 1996 were evaluated. Primary data sources included the FAA, NTSB, and NASA, as well as the records of airport managers. Additional data were collected from airlines, insurance adjusting firms, and litigation records. The results revealed that precautionary emergency evacuations occurred about 58 times per year, and involved an average of 4,759 people per year. In about 18 percent of the incidents, aircraft emergency escape systems were deployed without being reported to the FAA, and approximately 80 percent of such incidents were not reported to the NTSB. The direct costs related to injuries, administrative overhead, and equipment maintenance associated with precautionary emergency evacuations were estimated to be over $11 million per year, indicating that (a) enhanced incident information management systems and (b) research targeted to minimize precautionary emergency evacuations and improve emergency evacuation outcomes are needed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFA-96-P-51602 ; DTFA0299V05793
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57917/dot_57917_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1004.24 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2f36271cf1072410583970a767332e50581a93425b265b3dacc8bf6c34deb148