Jeremy M. Gernand, PhD, CSP, CRE
Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Safety Engineering
John and Willie Leone Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Encouraging air passenger evacuation compliance is a challenge

Airlines should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags, FAA says (https://cnn.it/3VZJy5b) | Ok, but “do more” is pretty vague… requiring passenger evacuation drills on a regular basis would help, but is not feasible for some travelers; having overhead bins automatically lock during an evacuation might help, but could also backfire; automated, repeated instructions during evacuation might help a little, but this is unclear. Experimentation is needed, but difficult to pull off as a realistic, true-to-life scenario. The FAA should fund research to help resolve this issue.

25 September 2025

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