FAA to Look at Airplane Seat Size and Evacuation Speed
Oct 19, 2019, 1:24 PM
(KFOR) A new FAA study is looking at how airplane seat sizes could affect safety.
Seven-hundred and twenty participants will take part in the study, which will look at seat width and pitch. Seat pitch is the distance from one seatback to the back of the seat in front of it.The study will factor in population demographics, specifically people of different sizes.
A final report is expected to be released next summer.
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