SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE Getting Out Alive — Would Smoke Hoods Save Airline Passengers or Put

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1、FLIGHTSAFETYFOUNDATIONCABINCREWSAFETYVol.28No.6ForEveryoneConcernedwiththeSafetyofFlightNovember/December1993Vol.29No.1January/February1994SPECIALDOUBLEISSUEGettingOutAlive—WouldSmokeHoodsSaveAirlinePassengersorPutThematRisk?Thedebateaboutsmokehoodsforpassengersoncommercialtransport-categoryaircraf

2、tbeganinthe1960sandiscontinuingtoday.Questionsremainaboutwhethersmokehoodswouldmakeemergencyevacuationsfromburningaircraftsaferorwouldcausedeadlydelays.EditorialStaffReportAircraftcabinfiresarerare,buttheirprospectisterrifying.andtheeffectivenessofthefiltrationvariesamongsmokeWhentheydooccur,passen

3、gersoftenonlyhavesecondstohoods.Othersmokehoodsprovidebreathableoxygenfromescapeadeadlybrewoftoxicfumesandacridsmoke.acylinderofcompressedgas.Requiringsmokehoodsasstandardequipmentonpassenger-carryingtransport-“Nearlyallaircraftaccidentfatalitiesthatarenottheresultcategoryaircrafthasbeenacontentiou

4、sandemotionalofcrash/impactinjuriesaretheresultofpost-crashfiresissueintheaviationcommunity.andtheinabilitytoexitaircraftquickly,whichinmostcasesisattributedtoincapacitationfromtoxicsmoke,fumesOpponentssaythatthedonningofsmokehoodsmaycause1orinjuries,”saidRudolfKapustin,presidentofInterconti-aslowe

5、remergencyevacuationofanaircraftafteranacci-nentalAviationSafetyConsultants.Kapustin,whowasdent,thuscausingagreaterlossoflife.investigator-in-chargeof47majoraviationaccidentsdur-ing24yearswiththeU.S.CivilAeronaticsBoard(CAB)Proponentsarguethatwhileanemergencyevacuationmay[theforerunneroftheU.S.Nati

6、onalTransportationSafetybeslowed,ultimatelypassengerswillbemorelikelytoBoard(NTSB)],saidthatduringthepast30years,atleastsurvivetheincapacitatingsmokeandtoxicgasescommon250transport-categoryaircraftaccidentshaveinvolvedfires.inanaircraftfireandthelikelihoodoftheirescapefromtheaircraftwillbeenhanced.

7、ProponentsalsoarguethatInanaircraftfire—particularlyonefedbyaircraftfuel—donningsmokehoodsshouldnotbecharacterizedasbeingtheairisfilledwithdense,blacksmokewithhotandanymoredifficultthandonningwater-flotatio