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Evacuation slide
An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to step down from the door uninjured (Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on all aircraft doors where the floor is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above the ground).
Escape slides are packed and held within the door structure inside the slide bustle, a protruding part of the inside of an aircraft door that varies with aircraft size, door size and door location. In many modern planes, to reduce evacuation time, evacuation slides deploy automatically when a door is opened in an "armed" condition. Modern planes often indicate an armed condition with an indicator light.
Federal Aviation Administration and EASA regulations require an approved method of escape on all aircraft exits where the floor is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above the ground). There are also design requirements for passengers to be able to evacuate within certain time limits; typically 90 seconds for large aircraft. An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide that both allows people to descend safely from the exit and has a sufficiently high use rate to meet the evacuation timings. Escape slides are the reference means of compliance with the regulation although some cargo aircraft use different methods.[citation needed]
The first aircraft evacuation slide was developed and produced by Air Cruisers, founded by James F. Boyle, inventor of the World War II life vest, the "Mae West". The patent for the inflatable escape chute assembly was submitted by Boyle in 1954 and the designs was patented in 1956 under patent number 2,765,131. Today Air Cruisers is part of Zodiac Aerospace and ultimately owned by Safran, who is the world's largest provider of evacuation slides. Prior to inflatables, some passenger aircraft utilized canvas-type slides which required the crew to undertake an extensive rigging procedure. Canvas type slides are still found on some out of production Russian aircraft.[citation needed]
In 1965 the idea was further developed by combining the inflatable slide with an integrated raft. Previously, life rafts were carried separately in the cabin and deployed manually by the crew after a water landing. The new slide/raft design was put forward to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), by Jack Grant, Qantas operations safety superintendent.
There are four types of inflatable aircraft evacuation aid covered by EASA Technical Order:
Type I Slides and Type II Slide/Rafts both function the same on land allowing descent from the door to the ground. A slide/raft also functions as a life raft in a landing on water and therefore are required to include sea survival specific features such as; an erectable canopy, righting aids and survival packs containing items such as leak stoppers, paddles and flares. Even where only a Type I slide is fitted it has sufficient buoyancy to act as an aid in the event of a water landing.
A Type III inflatable ramp is a small platform that may be fitted to allow easy access from, for example, an over-wing exit door to an area of structure from where descent can be achieved either by a separate slide or by jumping, depending on the height.
Evacuation slide
An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to step down from the door uninjured (Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on all aircraft doors where the floor is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above the ground).
Escape slides are packed and held within the door structure inside the slide bustle, a protruding part of the inside of an aircraft door that varies with aircraft size, door size and door location. In many modern planes, to reduce evacuation time, evacuation slides deploy automatically when a door is opened in an "armed" condition. Modern planes often indicate an armed condition with an indicator light.
Federal Aviation Administration and EASA regulations require an approved method of escape on all aircraft exits where the floor is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above the ground). There are also design requirements for passengers to be able to evacuate within certain time limits; typically 90 seconds for large aircraft. An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide that both allows people to descend safely from the exit and has a sufficiently high use rate to meet the evacuation timings. Escape slides are the reference means of compliance with the regulation although some cargo aircraft use different methods.[citation needed]
The first aircraft evacuation slide was developed and produced by Air Cruisers, founded by James F. Boyle, inventor of the World War II life vest, the "Mae West". The patent for the inflatable escape chute assembly was submitted by Boyle in 1954 and the designs was patented in 1956 under patent number 2,765,131. Today Air Cruisers is part of Zodiac Aerospace and ultimately owned by Safran, who is the world's largest provider of evacuation slides. Prior to inflatables, some passenger aircraft utilized canvas-type slides which required the crew to undertake an extensive rigging procedure. Canvas type slides are still found on some out of production Russian aircraft.[citation needed]
In 1965 the idea was further developed by combining the inflatable slide with an integrated raft. Previously, life rafts were carried separately in the cabin and deployed manually by the crew after a water landing. The new slide/raft design was put forward to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), by Jack Grant, Qantas operations safety superintendent.
There are four types of inflatable aircraft evacuation aid covered by EASA Technical Order:
Type I Slides and Type II Slide/Rafts both function the same on land allowing descent from the door to the ground. A slide/raft also functions as a life raft in a landing on water and therefore are required to include sea survival specific features such as; an erectable canopy, righting aids and survival packs containing items such as leak stoppers, paddles and flares. Even where only a Type I slide is fitted it has sufficient buoyancy to act as an aid in the event of a water landing.
A Type III inflatable ramp is a small platform that may be fitted to allow easy access from, for example, an over-wing exit door to an area of structure from where descent can be achieved either by a separate slide or by jumping, depending on the height.
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