Which slide handle is for slide disconnection?

In a ditching situation, the inflated slide/raft can be detached from the door sill by pulling the slide/raft disconnect handle located in the area where the girt bar attaches to the airplane. The slide/raft remains attached to the airplane by a mooring line.

How many floor level exits are there in A320?

The fuselage of A320 has : – four passenger doors – four emergency exits in the cabin – cockpit emergency exits (two sliding windows) – three cargo compartment doors – four avionic compartment access doors.

What is emergency exit door airplane?

Emergency exit doors ease the exit from the plane during an emergency. Due to its nature, the aircraft doors do not open during the flight but they are opened when a certain force is applied to them. Passengers sitting near exit doors are given a short training on how to use them in case of an emergency.

How do you remove a slide raft?

Slides and slide/rafts can be detached from the girt bar, usually by a two or three step procedures. This may, for example, involve lifting up the flap on the girt bar, and pulling the detach handle. These procedures are usually placarded red on the slide, “For Ditching Use Only”.

How do escape slides inflate?

Slides inflate with an initial boost from a canister of compressed carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The canister provides only about one-third the volume needed to inflate the slides. The remaining volume is supplied by ambient air, channeled into the slides through aspirators.

Who can sit in emergency exit row?

The Federal Aviation Administration has numerous regulations that govern who can, and can’t, sit in an emergency exit row. You have to be at least 15 years old. You must have sufficient mobility, strength and dexterity in both arms, hands and legs to assist in an evacuation.

Can you open the emergency exit mid flight?

While the news never fails to report these events, it seldom mentions the most important fact: you cannot open the doors or emergency hatches of an airplane in flight. You can’t open them for the simple reason that cabin pressure won’t allow it. An open door would create a catastrophic “explosive decompression”.

What are 4 emergency exit requirements?

Exit discharges must lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside. These exit discharge areas must be large enough to accommodate the building occupants likely to use the exit route.

Can you open the emergency exit in flight?

What does Overwing seat mean?

The best seats in coach are the over-wing exit seats, where there’s lots of legroom—these seats recline, and they aren’t near high traffic areas. Be aware that some aircraft have two rows of over-wing exits, and understand that the first row of exit seats won’t recline.

Does the A320 overwing slide inflate during ditching?

My concern is that when inflated, the A320 overwing slide, which is a very large slide inflating down along the trailing edge, will actually HINDER evacuation from the overwing exits when inflated during a ditching. This, of course, assuming that the aircraft has remained more or less intact after the ditching.

Which exits are designated as rafts on the A320?

On the A320 only the forward and aft exits are designated as slides / rafts. The overwing exits are slides only. Same is valid for the A321, only the forward and aft exits are designated rafts. To avoid confusion, the designation raft is a little misleading.

Can the o/w Slide on the A320 be disarmed?

The o/w slide on the A320 can be disarmed and the exit door opened, but this is for maintenace only.. Incidentally the regulations on the number of emergency exits an a/c requires is determined on the assumtion 50\% of them will be inoperative.

Where is the dual lane slide stowed in the aircraft?

The Dual lane slide is stowed in the fuselage aft of the exit located at an area closer to the flaps as not to hinder both land and sea evacuations (will not block the exits). Though during sea evacuations Pax are instructed to go off the front of the wing as the slide will not be useable due to damage to the aft wing from water ditching.