Evacuation Tests News Today

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To conduct new evacuation tests with new realistic conditions that actually include the size of an space between the seats. im back with neil degrasse tyson and juliette kayyem. im five foot three inches. whats the problem with airline seats? >> -- >> who doesnt love them? >> im so not five foot three inches. its all that now people are wearing about the seats. have we checked to see whether americans rear ends have gotten bigger over the decade? >> thats right, you were -- >> -- complaining? be...

Tmz reports three more men have come forward, accusing him of sexual assault between 1996 and 2013. scotland yard already investigating three other claims against spacey. separate investigations are also under way in massachusetts and california. spacey has previously denied allegations against him. and the tight squeeze when you fly. the faa today responding to a lawsuit from a passengers rights group concerned about the safety of adding more seats to already cramped cabins. the agency says i...

Headlines. >> good morning. when youre a new mom, of course youre up at all hours. good morning to anzly and will and baby hayden. 33 minutes after the hour. last leg room may be the least of your worries on your next flight. according to "the wall street journal," the faa has not yet tested airplane evacuations with flights with those tighter cabins. right now the agency conducts evacuation tests with 31 inches of space but some airlines give just 28 inches. the upside, the faa says that tighte...

Eliminate through a process of elimination come up with a probable cause. remarkable thing about this, evacuation tests for the triple 7 in seattle before it was put into service. and it passed with flying colors. so the built for the passengers to evacuate obviously was key to whatever is going to be hopefully a positive resulted in terms of that. >> it passed all initial safety tests. does that tell you that perhaps this was pilot error in terms of the tail independent of the plane coming off ...