Video: Airbus A380 evacuation test

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Just over a year ago, Airbus tested its evacuation of the Airbus A380. It went faster than expected, with “only” one broken leg and 32 “friction burns.”

Now the infrared-camera video of the test, from a German news program, is online, including images from the cabin.

Naturally, it’s a test environment, with no emergency landing immediately preceding the opening of doors, and no smoke filling the cabin, but it’s still kind of neat…

Thanks to reader Todd!

4 Responses to “Video: Airbus A380 evacuation test”

  1. JamesC says:

    Not too shabby, looked like ants leaving a doomed ant hill!

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