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>> there are people running around and there is gas on fifire > reporter: b but to get hundreds out alive, the faa relies on rules set in the 1960s. regardless of the size >> go, go, go, go! regardless of the size of plane, the fa requires that every passenger must be able to evacuate through the windows, doors, in just 90 seconds. with half the exits blocked. but look at the faa's most recent evacuation test in 2019 no fire, no smoke, no screaming babies, elderly, obese, or disabled passengers, no carry-on bags, no panic. >> it is not realistic at all. >> reporter: senator tammy duckworth a ...

Plane. >> you have 0 seconds to evacuate it at night. trying to simulate what would happen in the event of a real emergency. boeing is contending they could use the 747 400 data. that may be true. but the air bus people are saying we had to do an evacuation test with our 380. and that was 853 people evacuated in 80 seconds.