Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute


Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-62/9

Title and Subtitle: Evacuation pattern analysis of a survivable commercial aircraft crash

Report Date: May 1962

Authors: Hasbrook AH, Garner JD, Snow CC

Abstract: The evacuation pattern of 99 of 106 survivors of a jet transport crash involving crash fire is described, factors possibly effecting the suffocation and ultimate death of 16 passengers are listed and photographs and diagrams are presented.

Key Words: jet transport, evacuation, crash, fire

No. of Pages: 12

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