Safety Topics: Improved Access Required Available to Purchase

A final rule has been issued by the FAA which revises the regulations to require improved access to the Type III emergency exits (typically of the smaller overwing type) in transport category aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. These changes are the result of tests that were conducted at the FAA's Civil Areomedical Institute (CAMI) and are intended to improve the abililty of occupants to evacuate an aircraft under emergency conditions. They affect air carriers and commercial operaters of transport category aircraft as well as the manufacturers of such aircraft.