Raft gone wrong
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Raft gone wrong
Not my photo (sorry, I don't know who to credit), but provided for my education... 'Worth thinking about! Reported as having occurred on the ground - darn lucky!
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Ouch! That's what you could call "pop up traffic"!
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This is one of the reasons military pilots carry an issue dinghy knife fastened on the leg of their flying suit. They sit on the dinghy pack under their seat.
I used to fly for one of Australia's civil search & rescue organisations. We'd tool around at 200' to drop liferafts. Before we'd even load the rafts we'd position knives all through the cabin. Taped to the walls, ceiling, next to each crew member position etc.
The drill was that if a raft popped then everyone except the pilot flying had to grab the nearest knife & start slashing as fast as possible.
The drill was that if a raft popped then everyone except the pilot flying had to grab the nearest knife & start slashing as fast as possible.
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You can't have one of those nasty pointy things
The chances of getting a dingy knife past UK airport security are worse than nil ........... Make sure that you stow the knife in the aircraft before you use a big airport !
