Chase_BHX
31st Jan 2015, 20:49
Today flew in over wing exit row on Austrian Aiways A320 and the briefing card for emergency exits said that in the event of a ditching to jump into the water from the forward edge of the wing.
Is this to stop passengers using the escape chute as a liferaft (if the escape chute is non detachable why doesnt the card say "do not pull the handle to inflate the chute in a ditching") or is there an inherent danger in jumping off the back edge of the wing into water?
Is this to stop passengers using the escape chute as a liferaft (if the escape chute is non detachable why doesnt the card say "do not pull the handle to inflate the chute in a ditching") or is there an inherent danger in jumping off the back edge of the wing into water?