From life vests to emergency exit instructions
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From life vests to emergency exit instructions
Flying on an Eurowings CRJ-900 the other day I ended up in one of the overwing emergency exit rows. I dutifully read the instructions and familiarised myself with the procedures. I was however a little puzzled with the following bit:
Leave aircraft first and assist from outside. Send passengers to the rear, away from the aircraft
Since the CRJ-900 is a rear engined aircraft I found this a little odd and would welcome comments from those in the know.
Leave aircraft first and assist from outside. Send passengers to the rear, away from the aircraft
Since the CRJ-900 is a rear engined aircraft I found this a little odd and would welcome comments from those in the know.
Send passengers to the rear, away from the aircraft
In either case, once you hit the ground "away from the aircraft" would seem to be a good option.
Send passengers to the rear
Makes sense, I suppose.
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Interesting, thank you Dave. I also note that the diagram does indicate a right turn once off the wing. The written instructions on the seat back in front doesn't. Perhaps send passengers to the rear of the wing and then well away from the aircraft might be a consideration?
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As long as everyone who evacuates goes to the front of the aircraft and not to the rear. AFAIK emergency services (if at an airport) will arrive to the aircraft from the rear and people could be knocked down if they didn't gather in groups at the front.
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EISNN,
That may be - but I have never heard a safety instruction that said that. Those that say anything just tell you to move away from the aircraft.
One of the three fatalities of the Asiana 'unscheduled hull retirement' in San Francisco was run over by a fire truck.
Food for thought.
That may be - but I have never heard a safety instruction that said that. Those that say anything just tell you to move away from the aircraft.
One of the three fatalities of the Asiana 'unscheduled hull retirement' in San Francisco was run over by a fire truck.
Food for thought.