Caring for Precious Cargo, Part I: Emergency Aircraft Evacuations with Infants onto Inflatable Escape Slides

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• Creators:
  Corbett, Cynthia L.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Aircraft
  • Airplanes
  • Aviation safety
  • Children
  • Dummies
  • Human subject testing
  • Infants
  • Knowledge
  • Passengers
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-01/18
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  Twenty-nine survivable aircraft accidents between 1970 and 1995 required the emergency evacuation of 67 infants. Thirty-four percent of the infants received minor to fatal injuries. With the exception of full-scale Type Certifications in which infant dolls are included but not studied, simulated emergency evacuations and evacuation research rarely include infants and young children. The purpose of this study was to determine the most favorable protocol for the evacuation of infants via an inflatable emergency evacuation slide.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58467/dot_58467_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 943.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:314eabc841aa972f6cc967ad414f45142d430407030a03d348e2f14b6fa4214d