Olyckor sker vid övning med frifallslivbåtar. Detta borde gå att arbeta bort med bättre utrustning och bättre utbildning. Eftersom olyckor inträffar oftare vid övning ombord i fartygen än vid övning iland borde den senare biten vara mer avgörande: Vid övningar bör vikt läggas vid hur man spänner fast sig på ett korrekt sätt. Ovanstående är en del av vad denna undersökande studie handlar om. Vi har använt en kvalitativ metod för att reda ut frågor om riskerna med frifallslivbåtar. SOLAS ställer inga krav på att det skall finnas hjälpmedel för att underlätta att ta med sig skadade personer i frifallslivbåtar. De tester som genomförts med människor ombord i frifallslivbåtar har bara skett när det råder gynnsamma förhållanden. Med tanke på att fartyg utsätts både för sjöhävning och att båtarna kan komma att landa i vågor borde SOLAS kraven höjas. De livbåtssystem vi har, varken testas eller övas med i vågor. Att frifallslivbåtar i tanken är ett väldigt bra koncept som livräddningsutrustning råder det inga tvivel om, men den borde utvecklas vidare. / Accidents occur when exercising with free-fall lifeboats. This should be possible to avoid with better equipment and better education. Since accidents occur more often when exercise is performed aboard ships than ashore, the later part should be more decisive: During exercise the focus should be put on how to buckle up in a correct way. The above text is a part of what this investigative study is about, we have used a qualitative method for sorting out questions about the risks with free-fall lifeboats. SOLAS does not put any demands on the existence of aiding equipment to facilitate bringing injured persons in a free-fall lifeboat. The tests that have been performed with people onboard free-fall lifeboats have only taken place during favourable conditions. Considering that ships are exposed to the motion of the sea and that the boat could land on a wave the SOLAS demands should be increased. The lifeboat systems we have, is neither tested nor practised with in waves. That free-fall lifeboats is a good concept as a lifesaving equipment, there is no doubt about, but it should be developed further.

<p>Olyckor sker vid övning med frifallslivbåtar. Detta borde gå att arbeta bort med bättre utrustning och bättre utbildning. Eftersom olyckor inträffar oftare vid övning ombord i fartygen än vid övning iland borde den senare biten vara mer avgörande: Vid övningar bör vikt läggas vid hur man spänner fast sig på ett korrekt sätt. Ovanstående är en del av vad denna undersökande studie handlar om. Vi har använt en kvalitativ metod för att reda ut frågor om riskerna med frifallslivbåtar. SOLAS ställer inga krav på att det skall finnas hjälpmedel för att underlätta att ta med sig skadade personer i frifallslivbåtar. De tester som genomförts med människor ombord i frifallslivbåtar har bara skett när det råder gynnsamma förhållanden. Med tanke på att fartyg utsätts både för sjöhävning och att båtarna kan komma att landa i vågor borde SOLAS kraven höjas. De livbåtssystem vi har, varken testas eller övas med i vågor. Att frifallslivbåtar i tanken är ett väldigt bra koncept som livräddningsutrustning råder det inga tvivel om, men den borde utvecklas vidare.</p> / <p>Accidents occur when exercising with free-fall lifeboats. This should be possible to avoid with better equipment and better education. Since accidents occur more often when exercise is performed aboard ships than ashore, the later part should be more decisive: During exercise the focus should be put on how to buckle up in a correct way. The above text is a part of what this investigative study is about, we have used a qualitative method for sorting out questions about the risks with free-fall lifeboats. SOLAS does not put any demands on the existence of aiding equipment to facilitate bringing injured persons in a free-fall lifeboat. The tests that have been performed with people onboard free-fall lifeboats have only taken place during favourable conditions. Considering that ships are exposed to the motion of the sea and that the boat could land on a wave the SOLAS demands should be increased. The lifeboat systems we have, is neither tested nor practised with in waves. That free-fall lifeboats is a good concept as a lifesaving equipment, there is no doubt about, but it should be developed further.</p>

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003. / Bibliography: leaves 151-153. Also available online.

In today’s rapid development in world and globalization, transportation had become an important aspect in life. People transport through means of air, water and land. This made drastic increase of transportation and as a result the pollution levels are increased and so does the deaths due to accidents. So, the world is fighting to reduce the pollution and deaths due to accidents. In case of pollution, more refined engines, hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and in recent hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are introduced where this leads to minimum or zero air pollution and as a result pollution emitted from vehicles will be reduced. In case of deaths due to accidents, they are reduced by adding more safety features and increasing the quality of the vehicles. Even after these improvements, accidents do happen around the globe and lives are lost due to it. Now even after an accident happens on road, there are chances that a passerby or cameras inform to the concerned authorities and then emergency services will be reached to the accident spot in no time. In case of air accidents, there are maximum chances of the flight landing on the ground safely and emergency services reach as soon as possible and in rare cases the plane explodes and we can’t help during those times. Now coming to ship accidents, they happen far from the land, even though there will be lot of time for the ship to sink in water in worst cases but the emergency services takes much time to reach them as the accident spot will be far from land. So, considering these factors lifeboats are installed in the ships and the passengers are evacuated from ship with the help of lifeboats. But the main problem even after lifeboat is, panic among the passengers; they fight for occupying the lifeboats and this creates chaos situation and as a result more lives are lost. Hence the solution to this problem is discussed in this thesis. The solution to this problem is building the passenger rooms or cabins in such a way that, they can be uninstalled from the ship and safely land on to the water and act as a lifeboat. In this case the passengers can go back to their allotted rooms and can be safe inside without any chaos. Hereby it can be concluded that with the help of this solution, the marine industry can develop economically and also people will board into ships without any fear of them drowning in the water.