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Emergancy Slide Opens Inside Aircraft; How?  
User currently offlineBradWray From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 650 posts, RR: 1
Posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1758 times:

I am unaware if this has been posted before, I couldnt find it!

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How the heck would this of happend and what would happen if it occured in an emergency?

Thanks, Bradley!  Smile


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User currently offlineKearnet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 209 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1742 times:

That's not a slide.

It's a raft. I'm not sure which aircraft type this is but I know on some 757's they're stored in a compartment above the center isle (The emergancy card shows and illistration of two people getting it down). judging fromt he seating config, I think that's what this was. I can only guess maybe it fell and the release cord got pulled.

User currently offlineBirdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1732 times:

Quoting BradWray (Thread starter):
would this of happend



Quoting Kearnet (Reply 1):
isle



Quoting Kearnet (Reply 1):
illistration

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User currently offlineCorey07850 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2519 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1687 times:

Quoting Kearnet (Reply 1):
I'm not sure which aircraft type this is

Looks like Southwest seats to me, so it can only be a 737

I recall OPNLguy saying a while back that WN was installing overwater kits in their planes, so maybe they had an "accident" during the installation of the rafts or something

User currently offlineMarkHKG From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 960 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1656 times:

Quoting BradWray (Thread starter):
what would happen if it occured in an emergency?

Puncture the slide with the raft knife or something sharp as quickly as possible to prevent passenger or crew entrapment. (I'm serious...)


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User currently offlineSeanp11 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 290 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1648 times:

Quoting Corey07850 (Reply 3):
Looks like Southwest seats to me, so it can only be a 737

I recall OPNLguy saying a while back that WN was installing overwater kits in their planes, so maybe they had an "accident" during the installation of the rafts or something

Southwest wasn't equipped for overwater ops in 2003.

User currently offlineVHXLR8 From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 500 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1591 times:

It's a Virgin Blue 737

On 737s, the rafts are also in the ceiling compartments, and depedning on which type, they're in different locations.
On the 737 800, they're at the front, and also at the overwings; as in a ditching the aft doors are of no help as they'd be in the water due to the length of the aircraft. Whereas the shorter series have them at the forward and the aft doors.

User currently offlineHAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 7, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 1344 times:

Probably someone Installing the Escape Raft without the Safety pin on.The Safety pin would be removed after the Raft is Installed in location to be activated by Door opening in Emegency.
There is a Manual Deflation plug to Deflate the Slide/Raft too.
This looks like a Mx error while replacing.
regds
MEL


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User currently offlineCorey07850 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2519 posts, RR: 5
Reply 8, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 1316 times:

Quoting Seanp11 (Reply 5):
Southwest wasn't equipped for overwater ops in 2003.

Completely missed the date on that... Looks like someone else ID'ed it as Virgin Blue
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