Evacuation slide facts for kids
An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all passenger-carrying aircraft if the door is too high for passengers to step down from the aircraft uninjured. Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on doors where the floor is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above the ground.
Some slides are designed to act also as life rafts if the plane lands in the water.
Images for kids
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Evacuation slide used in an emergency drill
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Deflated evacuation slide on an Airbus A320 following an inadvertent deployment, 2007
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A packed evacuation slide
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Evacuation slide in the box at the bottom of the door
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An inflated slide used for cabin certifications tests for the SSJ100
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A stand-alone device installed on the back of the door.
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Emergency slides after the crash of British Airways Flight 38
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