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Question Re: Saudi 777  
User currently offlineCapt.Fantastic From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 659 posts, RR: 0
Posted (9 years 12 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1271 times:

Hello

On the upper part of the fuselage there are three regions of red demarcations. I cannot make out what it says, or determine what the purpose of these may be. Anyone know?

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User currently offlineZK-NBT From New Zealand, joined Oct 2000, 5025 posts, RR: 12
Reply 1, posted (9 years 12 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1252 times:

They are Emergency Exit signs.

User currently offlineJustplanesmart From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 696 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (9 years 12 months 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1249 times:

More exactly, they indicate to rescue workers where it is safe to cut thru the aircraft skin in order to get to the interior, should the emergency exits be unavailable.


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User currently offlineCapt.fantastic From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 659 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (9 years 12 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1165 times:

Thank you for the reply.

Are these put in place as a result of the Saudi L-1011 fire in 1980? In that incident, all 300+ aboard died, even though the plane made a safe emergency landing. After landing, fire rescue teams were unable to open the doors and free passengers from the burning aircraft. I haven't seen these on other 777s or any other aircraft / airline. Interesting feature though.

User currently offlineLHR340 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2003, 877 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (9 years 12 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1157 times:

They are on all planes for safety reasons not just Saudi.

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