NTL Record

Title Inflatable Emergency Equipment I: Evaluation of Individual Inflatable Aviation Life Preserver Donning Tests
Record ID 81818
Personal Name
Creator
Corbett, Cynthia L.; Weed , David B; Ruppel, David J.; Larcher, Kenneth G.; McLean, G. A.
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 20141201
Language English
Abstract The emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January 2009 brought significant attention to the usability of aviation inflatable life preservers. In its accident investigation report (NTSB/AAR-10/03), the National Transportation Safety Board noted that of those passengers who retrieved aviation life preservers following the emergency landing, the majority indicated that they had difficulty donning them. They also found that the preflight safety briefing had not included life preserver donning information or a donning demonstration because the flight was not an extended overwater operation.
Rosap ID dot:57168
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57168
TRT Terms Aviation safety; Ditching; Life preservers; Performance; Standards; Test procedures; Human factors
General Subjects Inflatable Equipment; Emergency Water Landing; Donning Time
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1782020
Report Number DOT/FAA/AM-14/14
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81800/81818/201414.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository