- Author
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Federal Aviation Administration
- Title
- Engineering and Development Program Plan Aircraft Cabin Fire Safety.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City Airport, NJ
- Sponsor
- Department of Transportation, Atlantic City Airport, NJ
- Report
-
FAA-ED-l8-7-REV; FAA-NA-80-159-REV,
February 1983 (revised),
55 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- 181-521-160
- Keywords
-
aircraft compartments
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aircraft fires
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fire tests
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fire models
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fire safety
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fire hazards
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combustion
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fire extinguishers
- Identifiers
- aircraft
- Abstract
- This plan is designed to improve the survivability and safety of passengers and crew during postcrash or in-flight transport aircraft cabin fire. Four major tasks are identified to accomplish the goal: 1) Cabin Fire Hazard Characterization, 2) Materials Management (including test method development and evaluation/development of new materials), 3) Survival and Evacuation, and (4) Fire Management and Suppression. The program emphasizes the evaluation and development of improved materials and fire management and suppression which involve the potential for near-term products. The specific projects include seat cushion fire blocking layers, hand-held extinguishers, cargo compartment fire safety, and in-flight smoke ventilation. Of a long-term nature is the develoment of improved small-scale fire test methods for cabin materials that can be related to real fire behavior. The ultimate product of the program is improved regulatory or advisory material pertaining to cabin fire safety.