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Prof. Galea Warns: Certification Rules for Aircraft Evacuation are not Adequate

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posted on 2015-03-27, 01:54 authored by Dieter ScholzDieter Scholz

Prof. Edwin Galea concludes:

=> Current certification rules are inappropriate as a safety indicator as they are not representative of likely survivable accident exit configurations.

=> Current certification rules are inappropriate as a safety indicator as they are not a sufficiently challenging exit configuration.

=> Modeling should also be used for certification analysis and used to investigate additional exit configurations and additional repeat cases (different certification compliant populations; randomized passenger seating allocation).

=> The 90-second-rule is arbitrary. Instead coupled fire and evacuation simulations can provide more insight into the fire safety of aircraft cabins.

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