Emergency aircraft evacuation

[1] In 2016, an Emirates 777-300 caught fire in Dubai but evacuation took 6min 40s while it was only 77% full, as half of the passengers surveyed admitted retrieving Hand luggage.

[1] EASA is avoiding automatically locking overhead bins, as it could lead to even greater delays with frustrated passengers.

[1] An evacuation is more urgent than a "rapid disembarkation", which entails using the aircraft's ordinary exits while leaving luggage behind.

In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it.

Parachutes are designed to allow people to exit aircraft mid-flight and safely land on the ground by creating drag to slow descent.