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> In its certification test, Airbus was required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. I literally laughed out loud at this

> In its certification test, Airbus was required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. I literally laughed out loud at this. People can't seem to orderly exit a plane under regular conditions, without panic, without smoke, without an incline. I'd love to see the videos of evacuations during the certification process. I also have to wonder if they have a representative group of body sizes, age, and physical ability in their tests.

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tambour 3y ago
Not the A350, but here's a clip of the A380's certification process in action: https://youtu.be/G_8hbsWKoOU?si=9y_8YaXSsLCbphxY https://youtu.be/G_8hbsWKoOU?si=9y_8YaXSsLCbphxY
- avidiax 3y ago
  Now offer a randomly selected 10% of the passengers a $10,000 bonus if they exit in the first half of passengers, and another 10% a $500 bonus if they can get any piece of their luggage off with them. Tell the FA's that the captain will signal the evacuation, and then don't let him. Fill the cabin air with fake smoke, and have noise equal to one side of the engines running at go-around power outside the plane.
  - jiggawatts 3y ago
    Reminds me of Samsung proudly proclaiming that they tested their foldable OLED phone with a robot to thousands of open-close cycles… in a clean room, inside a dust-free glass enclosure. Now try… ten. Just ten open-close cycles after sitting down at the beach.
owenversteeg 3y ago
You may be surprised that under real world emergency conditions, people are actually able to evacuate in around that time. Half of the passengers of the recent Sukhoi 100 crash evacuated in 70 seconds, and that was even with many of them stopping to take baggage with them - a decision that condemned the rest to a fiery death. >I also have to wonder if they have a representative group of body sizes, age, and physical ability in their tests. They do indeed. They also have dimmed lights, randomly blocked doors, and debris strewn throughout the cabin.

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tambour 3y ago

Not the A350, but here's a clip of the A380's certification process in action: https://youtu.be/G_8hbsWKoOU?si=9y_8YaXSsLCbphxY https://youtu.be/G_8hbsWKoOU?si=9y_8YaXSsLCbphxY

avidiax 3y ago
Now offer a randomly selected 10% of the passengers a $10,000 bonus if they exit in the first half of passengers, and another 10% a $500 bonus if they can get any piece of their luggage off with them. Tell the FA's that the captain will signal the evacuation, and then don't let him. Fill the cabin air with fake smoke, and have noise equal to one side of the engines running at go-around power outside the plane.
- jiggawatts 3y ago
  Reminds me of Samsung proudly proclaiming that they tested their foldable OLED phone with a robot to thousands of open-close cycles… in a clean room, inside a dust-free glass enclosure. Now try… ten. Just ten open-close cycles after sitting down at the beach.

owenversteeg 3y ago

You may be surprised that under real world emergency conditions, people are actually able to evacuate in around that time. Half of the passengers of the recent Sukhoi 100 crash evacuated in 70 seconds, and that was even with many of them stopping to take baggage with them - a decision that condemned the rest to a fiery death. >I also have to wonder if they have a representative group of body sizes, age, and physical ability in their tests. They do indeed. They also have dimmed lights, randomly blocked doors, and debris strewn throughout the cabin.