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Appraisal of Hazards to Human Survival in Airplane Crash Fires (open access)

Appraisal of Hazards to Human Survival in Airplane Crash Fires

Note presenting a study of the factors that affect the survival of human beings in airplane accidents followed by fire by conducting full-scale crashes of transport- and cargo-type airplanes. Some of the factors studied include thermal injury, toxic gases, missiles, and structural destruction of occupied compartments are provided.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Pesman, Gerard J.
System: The UNT Digital Library