FAA: Passengers evacuating with carry-on items, putting lives at risk

FAA: Passengers evacuating with carry-on items, putting lives at risk

The FAA urges airlines to remind passengers to leave carry-on items behind during emergency evacuations to ensure survival in deteriorating conditions.

FAA Tells Airlines to Change a Passenger Behavior

After a string of headline-grabbing plane evacuations over the past few months—from flights in Denver in March and July and from a jet in Orlando in April —the FAA is telling airlines it's time to rethink how they get passengers off planes in a crisis. The agency, citing recent...

U.S. airlines should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags, FAA says

The Federal Aviation Administration announced a safety alert Friday morning telling airlines they should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags in an emergency.

Airlines told to reevaluate emergency evacuation procedures after carry-on concerns

Airlines must reevaluate their evacuation training and procedures following incidents in which carry-on items damaged emergency slides and endangered passenger safety.

Airlines should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags, FAA says

The Federal Aviation Administration announced a safety alert Friday morning telling airlines they should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags in an emergency.

FAA urges stronger safety briefings after flyers grab carry-ons

The FAA said a number of well-documented incidents show passengers are dangerously taking their belongings with them during airplane evacuations.