Sen. Tammy Duckworth explains why she introduced legislation that would force the FAA to update its aircraft evacuation standards.
Federal Aviation Administration employees participate in a demonstration of an airline cabin filling with smoke in a simulator at the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma City in October 2019.
Right now, Federal Aviation Administration regulations mandate that, in the event of an emergency, passengers must be able to evacuate an aircraft within 90 seconds — meaning that airlines must ensure that there is enough room between seats and rows that everyone can deplane within a minute and a half.
According to CBS News, the tests didn’t even include common obstacles that could potentially slow down an evacuation, such as carry-on bags.
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