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Old 7th Aug 2011, 08:09
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TightSlot
 
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I suspect that you didn't have
to get everyone out in 90 seconds
in your day - You had to get them out as fast as you could and as fast as appropriate.

The 90 second thing (using half the exits) is a test conducted as part of the certification of the aircraft: As far as I am aware, it is not now, and never has been, a target for actual evacuation.

Please forgive me if the tone of this post seems somewhat terse: There is no mention of evacuation related passenger injury in the article; the evacuation was apparently successfully conducted. It seems (to me at least) regrettable, that the second post on this thread should seek to criticise from such remote comfort.
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