Paper: Emergency evacuation of commercial passenger aeroplanes
- N J Butcher Dr J C Barnett FIET FCILT FIRSE Capt T
- Jun 5, 2018
- 1 min read
A new paper titled ‘Emergency Evacuation of Commercial Passenger Aeroplanes’ has been issued by the Royal Aeronautical Society’s (RAeS) Flight Operations Group (FOG).
Over many years several accidents have identified the need for improvements to regulatory airworthiness and operational requirements, resulting in changes to aeroplane manufacturing and maintenance procedures, as well as to operators’ crew procedures and training.
This paper is therefore partly historical and is a record as to why changes were made to aviation requirements. While transportation by air is conducted at very high safety levels, accidents and incidents involving emergency evacuation still occur. Some accidents that happened several years ago are featured in this document, as well as some that are more recent, and reflect some of the negatives as well as the many positives.
Recent issues such as the secured flight deck door, introduced after the terrorist attacks of 2001, and the increasing amount of cabin baggage being allowed into passenger cabins can pose new challenges to both flight crew and cabin crew in emergency evacuations.
You can read the full paper by clicking here.
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