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To: EVO X

The videos of the slide off the upper deck of the 747 were frightening. Even worse was the pilots’ means of escape: grabbing a handle that was attached to a metal ribbon strap cable and lowering to the ground in a free fall. If you got that metal strap around your neck or leg or arm, you were dead. That thing gave me nightmares. The only film I ever saw of someone using it was filmed sometime in the 1960s.


66 posted on 03/15/2025 1:25:39 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: ponygirl

Just a guess, but I think most people that are injured during aircraft evacuations are elderly people, My elderly dad fell off a step ladder some years ago and got banged up. Having to take a 20 to 40 foot slide ride at that age is an issue..


68 posted on 03/15/2025 2:13:52 PM PDT by EVO X ( )
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