Malaysia’s AirAsia confirms 15 Airbus A330-300 aircraft deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian long-haul budget carrier pioneer AirAsia is to acquire a total of 15 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, a top official confirmed Sunday.
Sun, 13 May 2007 09:27:27 GMT
Airbus A380 evacuation - 873 people in 77 seconds!
Airbus A380 evacuation - 873 people in 77 seconds!jospi691 min 37 sec - Apr 27, 2007Hamburg, Germany, 26 March 2006. With only 8 of the 16 exits opened, the task for this evacuation certification was to get 853 passengers and 20 crew out of the plane within 90 seconds. This all happened in darkness, with only cabin emergency lights switched on. The footage is from night vision cameras. The crew and passengers did not know which exits would be blocked.
The regulations say that:
- 35% must be aged over 50,
- a minimum 40% must be female,
- 15% female and over 50.
They did it!
In 1:17 - that is 77 seconds.
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:14:20 PDT
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