The Influence of Adjacent Seating Configurations on Egress through a Type III Emergency Exit

Abstract

When the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) established a mandatory action intended to improve access to, and opening of, Type III emergency exits, the Northwest Mountain Region identified a need for a study to evaluate the proposed changes against existing minimum requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). The results indicate that the proposed CAA configuration and the alternative configuration were both more effective than the minimum configuration required by the FARs as measured by evacuation flow rate. There were no significant differences in the exit preparation time among the four seating arrangements. (eg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218393

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Chittum
  • Paul G. Rasmussen

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Cabins
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Aviation
  • Clothing
  • Data Acquisition
  • Emergencies
  • Flow Rate
  • Fuselages
  • Governments
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Passengers
  • Recording Systems
  • Test Facilities
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United Kingdom
  • United States Government
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