Evacuation tests, carried out by United Air Lines, showed that it took 4 min 50 sec to evacuate 174 passengers from DC-8; suggestions made to speed up evacuations, such as engraved labels on every seatback giving nearest exit number in case of forced landing or in descent on to water, location of lifejacket, etc; crash-locator beacons ejected on impact should be fitted to all passenger aircraft, to trigger off automatic alarm system at nearest rescue center after any unpremeditated descent on land or water.
Accident anticipation
Flight
Flight ; 85 , n 2884
1964
Article (Journal)
English
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