Originally Posted by
NWA SLF
I thought 737-800s had plug escapes over the wing that you pulled the locking device, took the window in and placed over the seats in the row in front or back. .
The -800 was installed with these types of overwing exits to maximize seating capacity. I believe Boeing originally stated that with these types of exits anyone off the street could open the exit within 3 sec and the way would be all clear without obstacles (i.e. the door inside the ac) hence making it possible to evacuate more pax within 90sec.
The side effect is of course that a random person could also open the exit in a flash and go for a stroll on the wing, without cc even having a time to react.