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    The document summarizes new guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE) regarding brace positions for passengers and cabin crew during aircraft accidents. The guidelines provide recommended brace positions to reduce injuries from crash forces and aid evacuation. They also describe positions to avoid and limitations due to a lack of evidence for some seating configurations. The goal is to optimize survival during the three phases of an accident: surviving crash forces, evacuating the aircraft, and surviving the post-evacuation environment.

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    The document summarizes new guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE) regarding brace positions for passengers and cabin crew during aircraft accidents. The guidelines provide recommended brace positions to reduce injuries from crash forces and aid evacuation. They also describe positions to avoid and limitations due to a lack of evidence for some seating configurations. The goal is to optimize survival during the three phases of an accident: surviving crash forces, evacuating the aircraft, and surviving the post-evacuation environment.

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    The document summarizes new guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE) regarding brace positions for passengers and cabin crew during aircraft accidents. The guidelines provide recommended brace positions to reduce injuries from crash forces and aid evacuation. They also describe positions to avoid and limitations due to a lack of evidence for some seating configurations. The goal is to optimize survival during the three phases of an accident: surviving crash forces, evacuating the aircraft, and surviving the post-evacuation environment.

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    Maurino Brace Position

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    The document summarizes new guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE) regarding brace positions for passengers and cabin crew during aircraft accidents. The guidelines provide recommended brace positions to reduce injuries from crash forces and aid evacuation. They also describe positions to avoid and limitations due to a lack of evidence for some seating configurations. The goal is to optimize survival during the three phases of an accident: surviving crash forces, evacuating the aircraft, and surviving the post-evacuation environment.

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    New Brace Position for Cabin Crew

    and Passengers:
    Optimizing Survival in an Accident
    Martin Maurino M.Eng.
    Safety, Efficiency and Operations Officer
    International Civil Aviation Organization

    WATS 2018
    Orlando, USA, 17-19 April 2018

    1
    Overview
    • ICAO “Manual on Information and Instructions for Passenger Safety”

    • Work undertaken by ICAO and IBRACE

    • Cabin crew and passenger brace positions

    • Positions to avoid and unacceptable ones

    • Other specific brace positions, limitations and special considerations

    2
    New ICAO Guidelines – Doc 10086
    • Passenger safety briefings
    • Passenger safety briefing card
    • Information signs, markings & placards
    • Occupancy of emergency exit rows
    • Instructions for brace positions
    • Brace and evacuation commands
    • Carry-on baggage in evacuations and other
    considerations

    3
    ICSG : A Joint Industry-Regulatory

    4
    Occupant Survivability
    • Occupant survivability is linked to 3 phases of accident
    1. Surviving crash sequence
    (i.e., impact forces, deceleration and secondary impacts)
    2. Evacuating aircraft
    3. Surviving post-evacuation environment
    (e.g., sea, jungle, mountainous region)

    • Occupants seriously injured during crash sequence may be unable


    to evacuate
    – and may suffer fatal injuries as result

    5
    Brace-for-impact Position
    • Goal is to reduce aircraft occupant’s injuries during crash sequence

    • Brace position serves two purposes


    – Reduces flailing by having fwd-facing occupant flex, bend, or lean
    forward over legs in some manner
    – Reduces secondary-impact injuries

    6
    Work Undertaken
    • April 2016
    – ICAO Cabin Safety Group (ICSG)
    – Brace position experts unable to reach consensus

    • May – October 2016


    – ICAO Ad Hoc Group on Brace Position
    – Monthly teleconferences

    • November 21, 2016


    – Meeting in London of 13 experts
    – Founding of IBRACE

    7
    iBRACE
    • International Board for Research into Aircraft Crash Events
    – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Board_for_Research_into_Aircraft_Crash_Events

    • Members from aviation, engineering, clinical medicine and HF

    • Purpose: to produce an internationally agreed, evidence-based set


    of brace- for-impact positions
    – for passengers and cabin crew members
    – in variety of seating configurations
    – to be submitted to ICAO through ICSG

    8
    Brace Position For Cabin Crew
    Brace position in fwd-facing cabin crew seats, without and with bulkhead

    9
    Brace Position For Cabin Crew (2)
    Brace position in rearward-facing cabin crew seats, without and with bulkhead

    10
    Brace Position for Passengers
    Fwd-facing passenger seats equipped with lap strap seat belt only

    11
    Positions to Avoid
    • Do not rest head on crossed
    forearms
    – risks fracturing both forearms

    • Do not rest head on hands


    – risks fracturing both hands/fingers

    • Avoid having head tilted backward


    – neck should not be extended
    – but should be bent forward to reduce
    risk of injury to neck and/or larynx

    *These recommendations are based on medical SMEs interpretation and opinion


    12
    Unacceptable Brace Positions

    13
    Infants & Children
    • Brace positions presented in Doc 10086 apply to occupants of height of
    more than 125 cm (49 in)

    • Infants and children whose weight is less than 26 kg (60 lbs) and whose
    height is less than 125 cm (49 in) should occupy approved CRS on board
    – in a seat of their own seat
    – in line with recommendations found in Doc 10049

    • CRS provides ELoS to infants/children as to adult pax with seat belts

    • Not possible for parent to physically restrain an infant/child during impact

    14
    Other Brace Positions
    • Doc 10086 presents proposed brace position for pregnant women or
    passengers who have physical or special limitations
    – occupying fwd-facing passenger seat fitted with lap strap seat belt only

    • Recommendations are not based on any testing but on a


    combination of medical SMEs’ interpretation and opinion

    • Special considerations for persons with disabilities and attendants


    – ABPs or attendants accompanying persons with disabilities should adopt
    appropriate brace position
    – and refrain from assisting person with disabilities

    15
    Limitations & Special Considerations
    • Brace position recommended by ICAO is designed for
    – Fwd-facing pax seats fitted with lap strap seat belt only

    • Not currently possible to offer recommendations for


    – Pax seated other types of seats
    – Double cabin crew seats

    • Because of lack of evidence

    • Also not suitable for helicopters


    – as crash dynamics differ significantly from fixed-wing aircraft

    16
    In Closing
    • Appropriate brace positions can reduce injuries & increase survival

    • ICAO published recommended brace positions for pax & crew

    • Limitations in recommendations due to lack of evidence

    • IBRACE needs support to develop further recommendations

    17
    For more information, visit:
    www.icao.int/cabinsafety

    Email:
    [email protected]

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