Fire safety in modern passenger aircraft presents one of the greatest challenges to fire safety scientists and engineers. Regulating authorities, including the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), are determined to improve fire safety design standards for commercial airlines that will minimise or eliminate fire-related injuries and increase survival rates for aircraft occupants during post-crash fires.Full-scale experiments using an aircraft fuselage have shown that the development of fire in passenger aircraft is influenced by the upholstery materials used in the passenger seats. Consequently, all textiles used in aircraft cabins are subject to strict flammability requirements, as specified by the FAA in standards such as FAR 25.853, these tests being used by the major commercial aircraft manufacturers, Boeing Airplane Company (BSS standards) and Airbus Industrie (AITM standards).
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