Evacuation procedures Flight Compartment
Emergency evacuation
- If not already done, operate the EMERGENCY STOP.
- Tell all on-board personnel to prepare to evacuate.
- If the motion is in use, stay seated and do not release your seat harness.
- Wait for the motion system to settle.
- If the motion does not settle to the landed position, contact the maintenance staff.
- If there is no immediate danger then stay seated until the maintenance staff tell you to evacuate.
- If in use, return the movable panel (120VU) to its stowed postion.
- All seats to be stowed or moved to the evacuate position.
- The instructor seat can be moved manually after the seat is unlocked using the manual override lever.
- If in use, then remove headset and oxygen mask.
- Release seat harness and go to the exit door.
- First person to open the exit door.
- If the flight compartment exit door cannot be opened, then remove the kick-out (EMERGENCY EXIT - KICK PANEL) and use the opening to get out of the flight compartment.
- Open the gate and use the drawbridge to get out of the flight compartment.
- If the drawbridge is in the raised position then use the drawbridge lower switch on the rear panel next to the information screen.
- If the drawbridge still fails to lower then contact the maintenance team. If life is in immediate danger then use the escape ladder.
NOTE 1: The escape ladder is only to be used if the drawbridge cannot be lowered and life is in immediate danger.
NOTE 2: The instructions for deployment of the emergency ladder are located on the bag containing the emergency escape ladder (A5 sized laminated card)