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How fast can an Airbus A380 superjumbo jet be evacuated?
The website Quartz has video of an Airbus A380 being evacuated during an on-ground emergency test, and it shows the massive passenger jet unloading a reported 853 passengers. (www.bizjournals.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
how come all of the test subjects are fit, capable of purposeful movement, and not morbidly obese (like the ones I get to lucky enough to sit next to)? Pay attention to the incredibly ill prepared people permitted to occupy exit row seating next flight. kind of scary.
I'm told by an airport firefighter that a base number is needed. That while in reality, based on circumstances, the number of passengers on board, the number of doors available for egress and other factors. The base number is a good starting point. He went on to say in one accident he was aware of with a Super Jumbo only four doors on the right side were available for evacuation and the flight crew was still able to evacuate the cabin with over 200 people in under 90 seconds at night without any interior lighting.
I guess it is possible if people will listen to the flight crew and not panic. Panic is the trump card. If panic ensues mayhem happened.
I guess it is possible if people will listen to the flight crew and not panic. Panic is the trump card. If panic ensues mayhem happened.
Listening is another Trump Card.
This is too ''clean'' In a real evacuation the law of the jungle applies...
It is doable... But as long as you have at least one idiot, it will never happen... there will be one lady that has to grab her purse... one business man that can't afford to lose his laptop and everything will slow to nothing. The 78 seconds is fantasy land... Will work when rehearsed... So lets change the test... You have everyone ready, knowing exactly where to go, and just as the test starts, all the right side doors cannot be used due to fire.. Now lets see that 78 seconds when people have to change their planed route.
Also might want to add a couple hundred gallons of jet fuel on fire at the end of the chutes as well.
For a more realistic picture of response, please refer to the evacuation of the Costa Concordia off the Italian coast- I know it was not an aviation incident, but it points up the human points of failure.