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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 31, 1991
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--las representative said that 22 other people were treated at the scene by Douglas medical personnel for cuts and scrapes.
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44 volunteers injured during two airliner evacuation drills
The Associated Press
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Forty-four people were hurt, including a woman who was paralyzed when she fell to a hangar floor, during two evacuation drills from an airliner at Douglas Aircraft Co., authorities said.
Dorothy Myles, 60, of Long Beach,
remained in serious condition yesterday
at Memorial Medical Center, par-
tially due to complications from a
representative Ron Yukelson.
The woman was among volunteers being paid $49 each to take part Saturday in drills from a MD-11 jetliner in a darkened hanger at Douglas Aircraft Co.
Two others, including Jewell Pinder, were hospitalized with broken ankles.
"You go down the evacuation chute like 100 miles per hour and run into a brick wall," Pinder said. She was halted by a bump at the end of the chute, but no one helped her off and other volunteers slid into her, she said.
Early reports set the number of injuries between 17 and 21, but a Douglas representative said that 22 other people were treated at the scene by Douglas medical personnel for cuts and scrapes.
Some people delayed seeking medical attention and later went to hospitals. These people complained about the lack of a representative Rene H帕德 said.
"This is a test that the Federal Aviation Administration requires that we conduct to make sure we can evacuate the plane in a certain amount of time," Handel said of the drills involving the aircraft evacuation on the MD-11 aircraft.
"It is expected, unfortunately, that you will be injured in injuries in the kind of test," he said.
Handler noted that volunteers were told about possible injury and were given information about past mishaps.
Nearly 6 percent of the people taking part in the two drills were hurt. The injury count was lower than expected and was about half the 10 to 12 percent injury rate from evacuation drills on the DC-10 jetliner years ago. Handler
said.
"The number of injuries were well within the FAA and company expectations," she said.
Douglas had 410 passengers and a crew for the drills.
Bob Buckhorn, a representative for the FAA in Washington, said yesterday that in order to be certified to carry more passengers, the aircraft had to be evacuated in 90 seconds. He said both drills Saturday took too long and the testing would have to be repeated.
When the lights were turned on at the end of the second drill, Myles was found at the bottom of one of the aircraft's escape chutes, said Fire Department representative Bob Caldon.
Roger Olson, a materials analyst with Douglas, broke his ankle during the drill.
"I don't think any of us expected to get hurt, but there were a lot of people trying to get out of the aircraft at the same time," he said. "I got on all fours and crawled out of the way."
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