Keesje From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 9920 posts, RR: 52 Posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 13676 times:
Plane loses emergency slide in mid-air, no reported injury
Budapest, February 23 (MTI) - An air-filled emergency airplane exit-slide accidentally inflated and fell from a plane in midair, just outside of Budapest on Thursday night, but apparently hurt no one, air traffic safety reported on Thursday night.
SW733 From Namibia, joined Feb 2004, 3421 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 13658 times:
Wow, crazy. I did not even know that could happen. Anyone know what airline it was? First guess would of course be MALEV, but if it was going to Spain with no people on board...
EMBQA From United States, joined Oct 2003, 8426 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 13524 times:
Sounds too far fetched. The slide pack is mounted to the inside of the door so how it ended up on the outside of the plane without opening the door I have no idea.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
YVRtoYYZ From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 621 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 13130 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 4): The slide pack is mounted to the inside of the door so how it ended up on the outside of the plane without opening the door I have no idea.
While some aircraft have the slides mounted on the interior bottom part of the door, there are others in which they are located below the door and are stored in the fuselage. If you look at pictures of the A380 while being developed, it'll give you a better idea of what I mean.
VHXLR8 From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 500 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 13111 times:
The slides at the overwings on 767s are packed into a hatch that is on the outside of the aircraft; it opens and the slide deploys when the overwing exit is opened.
777gk From United States, joined Jun 2000, 1641 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 13052 times:
Fr8, agreed.
Overwing slides on 767-200s and virtually all 767-300s are stored in an exterior compartment. Smart money says that's where the deployment came from.
The bustles on the 76 floor-level exits are stored in the door itself. The aircraft would be pressurized at 3000m, so if the slide made its way outside, there would also be a resulting decompression. No mention was made of this at all, something I would consider more newsworthy even if the aircraft was operating a non-revenue flight.
Okie From United States, joined Jul 2003, 1144 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 12995 times:
Quoting 777gk (Reply 8): Overwing slides on 767-200s and virtually all 767-300s are stored in an exterior compartment. Smart money says that's where the deployment came from.
I believe there have been several incidents with the over wing slide deploying in flight on the 767. Issues somewhat similar to engine cowlings where the latches appear to be engaged but in fact are not. Apparently the 767 compartment cover is especially tricky appearing to be closed but the latches are not properly engaged.
Bohica From United States, joined Feb 2004, 1305 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 12925 times:
This happened once before on a 767 departing somewhere out of the Caribbean toward Europe about three or four years ago. It was an overwing slide which inflated and then it was ripped off the aircraft by the airflow. I'll bet that this was an overwing slide also that inflated.
VSGirl From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 7795 times:
I can't remember for sure, but in the early 90’s a Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747 series 200 lost a slide over Slough on take off from London Heathrow airport, I remember it being on the News.
As far as Air Europa goes a friend who works for them said all of their Boeing 767’s are all serviceable, so my money is set on MALEV for sure...
KrisYYZ From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1108 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 6823 times:
Quoting Flyingfool (Reply 13): Not known which airline it is, but I guess it will be Air Europa...
Quoting VSGirl (Reply 14): As far as Air Europa goes a friend who works for them said all of their Boeing 767’s are all serviceable, so my money is set on MALEV for sure...
No, its not Malev. According to several Hungarain press reports; the aircaft was from a "Spanish Carrier" undergoing maintance at ACE complex Hungary. The aircaft returned to BUD after the incident and a investigation is being launched.
StanstedFlyer From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2001, 117 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 6556 times:
Planefreakaa From United States, joined Jan 2005, 100 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 6213 times:
AA had a 757 overwing exit slide deploy in flight a couple of weeks ago, the slide just ripped off during flight doing some minor damage to the horizontal stabilizer, but the plane landed safely
Remcor From United States, joined Feb 2006, 330 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 4189 times:
The chances may be slim, but if when the slide pulled off it had draped around the wing, obstructing airflow and preventing the slats on one side from deploying it could have been a catastrophe.
Tu154m From United States, joined Oct 2001, 629 posts, RR: 8 Reply 25, posted (3 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3137 times:
Depends on the 767 door config as to where the slides are located. If an a/c has 4 full size doors, one fwd, one fwd of wing, one aft of wing, and one aft, all the slides are in the door. If it has 4 doors, one fwd, one aft and two small ones OVER the wing(little plug doors) then the slide pack is at the aft edge of the fueslage where the wing is......by the flaps. I can tell you from experience this config, well it just sucks with all the monkey motion and actuators for the slide compartment. Hint........if anyone is buying a 767......go for the 4 full size doors!!!!!!!!
CEOs should swim with cement flippers!
26 MarkHKG: If the 757 or 767 aircraft has overwing exits, then it has an offwing slide in the exterior compartment. Some early 747 variants also had the overwing
27 KrisYYZ: It's been found!! After days of searching, the slide/raft was found at the end of the runway on BUD grounds. It fell off the Spanish B767 more likely
28 RobertS975: And of course, nobody on board would have so much as a Swiss Army knife to try to puncture the thing and deflate it!
29 Ikramerica: wow, misreported by the news? does that happen? sounds like a mistake during maintenance, as it was a plane in for service, and the slide came off rig
30 MarkHKG: There have been instances where evacuation slides (NOT life rafts, as seen in the above picture) have deployed inside the cabin. Noteably, the SQ 006
31 Hmmmm...: I'm I the only one wondering about a member going by the name PillowTester who wants to know how effective a suffocating device this would make?
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