Aircraft Cabin Turbulence Warning Experiment
Bogue, Rodney K. and Larcher, Kenneth (2006) Aircraft Cabin Turbulence Warning Experiment. Technical Report NASA/TP-2006-213671, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
New turbulence prediction technology offers the potential for advance warning of impending turbulence encounters, thereby allowing necessary cabin preparation time prior to the encounter. The amount of time required for passengers and flight attendants to be securely seated (that is, seated with seat belts fastened) currently is not known. To determine secured seating–based warning times, a consortium of aircraft safety organizations have conducted an experiment involving a series of timed secured seating trials. This demonstrative experiment, conducted on October 1, 2, and 3, 2002, used a full-scale B-747 wide-body aircraft simulator, human passenger subjects, and supporting staff from six airlines. Active line-qualified flight attendants from three airlines participated in the trials. Definitive results have been obtained to provide secured seating–based warning times for the developers of turbulence warning technology.
| EPrint Type: | NASA Technical Publication |
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| Keywords: | Aircraft cabin safety, Aircraft cabin safety procedures, Aircraft cabin turbulence warning, B-747 aircraft simulator |
| Subjects: | Aircraft/Project: Boeing 747 (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (03) Air Transportation And Safety |
| ID Code: | 895 |
| Deposited On: | 03 May 2006 |
| Additional Information: | 68 pages. |
