WSJ: Training for a Plane Crash...
Sep 28, 2011, 4:56 pm
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WSJ: Training for a Plane Crash...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
London... Smoke poured into the airplane cabin and activity came to a screeching halt. As the captain yelled "Evacuate! Evacuate!" passengers did what comes naturally: They froze.
The "emergency," staged with theatrical smoke in a full-motion airline cabin simulator, was part of an unusual British Airways safety course. Sixteen travelers from some of the airline's top corporate customers and its advertising agency practiced jumping down evacuation slides, opening heavy airplane doors and scampering out smoke-filled crashed cabins. They also learned simple tips that could save lives.
"The ones who think about what they'd do are the ones who get out first," said Geof Fearon, one of the BA instructors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...620831448.html
London... Smoke poured into the airplane cabin and activity came to a screeching halt. As the captain yelled "Evacuate! Evacuate!" passengers did what comes naturally: They froze.
The "emergency," staged with theatrical smoke in a full-motion airline cabin simulator, was part of an unusual British Airways safety course. Sixteen travelers from some of the airline's top corporate customers and its advertising agency practiced jumping down evacuation slides, opening heavy airplane doors and scampering out smoke-filled crashed cabins. They also learned simple tips that could save lives.
"The ones who think about what they'd do are the ones who get out first," said Geof Fearon, one of the BA instructors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...620831448.html
Oct 1, 2011, 8:43 pm
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I would pay for this course. great article.
Oct 1, 2011, 9:08 pm
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