Delta 405 loses overwing slide on descent to BOS

[b1lanc]

According to FlightAware, 767-300.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/evacuation-slide-falls-off-plane-midflight-lands-in-mans-yard/ar-BBXC3XP

[Mcdubh]

isn't the slide store inside the door ? so how could this happen.

[OldnGrounded]

isn't the slide store inside the door ? so how could this happen.

Not inside the "door" you're probably thinking of.

767 Overwing Slide Deployment

[FNQTech]

The off wing slide is stowed behind an external panel below the over wing door.

[stilton]

Not the first time this has happened

[matkat]

Certainly has happened to Me before B747-200(Mid 90s) departing JED, never did find it.

[nevillestyke]

Certainly has happened to Me before B747-200(Mid 90s) departing JED, never did find it.

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[lcolman]

I am certain that between the FAA and Boeing that could be certified....:}

[OldnGrounded]

I am certain that between the FAA and Boeing that could be certified....:}

Of course. It requires a Certificate of Airworthiness to verify that it complies as to type and so customers can be confident that it will inflate.

[hr2pilot]

Questions:
How does the door open in flight?
Isn’t the slide attached to the aircraft?
if the door opens and releases the slide, why didn’t the slide trail back off the wing?
Pictures of the slide on the ground shows it folded up as would be when it’s stored in the aircraft,... could the slide have impacted the rear stab causing damage?
So many questions.

[Capt Quentin McHale]

OldnGrounded,

Methinks it should be recertified so the customers can be confident that the slide is ACTUALLY there !!!

McHale.

[OldnGrounded]

OldnGrounded,

Methinks it should be recertified so the customers can be confident that the slide is ACTUALLY there !!!

McHale.

It's there. It's only a question of what your definition of there is. Determining whether it's "airworthy" or not simply requires a pump.

[pilotguy1222]

Questions:
How does the door open in flight?
Isn’t the slide attached to the aircraft?
if the door opens and releases the slide, why didn’t the slide trail back off the wing?
Pictures of the slide on the ground shows it folded up as would be when it’s stored in the aircraft,... could the slide have impacted the rear stab causing damage?
So many questions.

The door did not open in flight. This slide is stored behind an external panel of the aircraft.

Unlikely to hit the aircraft due to the downward airflow at the back of the wing.

[Longtimer]

The door did not open in flight. This slide is stored behind an external panel of the aircraft.

Unlikely to hit the aircraft due to the downward airflow at the back of the wing.
Just curious as to how the raft is deployed in an emergency, cockpit activated or ?

[OldnGrounded]

Not the first time this has happened

Right. I think there have been quite a few reports. An AD was issued about three years ago:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/08/2016-21152/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes

The folks in Milton, Mass. are grumpy about this:

Boeing Was Warned (https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/02/boeing-was-warned-evacuation-slides-have-fallen-from-planes-for-several-years/)

[Auxtank]

The slide has landed...



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