A380 Passenger EVAC announcement
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Don't have any problem with your exciting posts, 747 just that all those I've seen recently have been sniping at airbus one way or another. Surely you should be pleased that someone's designed a new very large airliner now Boeing have decided not to, and vacate that section of the market
Aircraft evacuation tests on any big aircraft have an element of risk and usually produce some injuries. Why are you predicting death and mayhem particularly in the case of the A380? As for the nose gear failure scenario, I've just watched the rollout of a very smart -and very long bodied -B777. I'd imagine it would be a long hard drop from the rear of that
Aircraft evacuation tests on any big aircraft have an element of risk and usually produce some injuries. Why are you predicting death and mayhem particularly in the case of the A380? As for the nose gear failure scenario, I've just watched the rollout of a very smart -and very long bodied -B777. I'd imagine it would be a long hard drop from the rear of that
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Just a thought, but what sort of drop are we talking about from the upper deck of the 380 and 747?
What sort of pitch are these slides?
Strikes me that it could be like the drops you get at a water park! Pretty much straight down and without the soft impact.
Oh, and I hope Airbus stagger the exits from above and below. That would be rough...managing to get out and be going down the slide, only to have someone drop on you from the upper deck!
OK, just kidding!
What sort of pitch are these slides?
Strikes me that it could be like the drops you get at a water park! Pretty much straight down and without the soft impact.
Oh, and I hope Airbus stagger the exits from above and below. That would be rough...managing to get out and be going down the slide, only to have someone drop on you from the upper deck!
OK, just kidding!
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From another aviation forum, it seems the 853 pax evacuation test has been postponed until early 2006.
Even given the delay in the delivery date of the first Singapore airplane, I find this test change rather curious. Why delay a test of this nature, since it makes it more difficult to recover from any issues that might arise during the demonstration?
I would have thought Airbus would have wanted to get this out of the way as soon as possible.
Even given the delay in the delivery date of the first Singapore airplane, I find this test change rather curious. Why delay a test of this nature, since it makes it more difficult to recover from any issues that might arise during the demonstration?
I would have thought Airbus would have wanted to get this out of the way as soon as possible.
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Could they not have something like i have seen on oil Rigs where the slide Zig-Zags down, allowing the speed (of Pax) to be kept down, but still getting them down very quickly?
Just a thought
Matty
Just a thought
Matty
