Emergency Evacuation and Equipment

 

This section of the site describes and illustrates the systems and equipment which were essential to the safety of both the passengers and crew during adverse operational emergency conditions.

Emergency Evacuation Alert System

 

This system provides aural and visual warnings for the flight crew and cabin staff. It also permits the cabin staff at the forward door to operate the flight compartment visual warning by remote control.

The system consists of a audio (bleeper) warning and flashing light in the flight compartment and in each of the three vestibules. The system is automatically actuated at all stations whenever the arming and control switch in the flight deck is set to the ON position or, provided the control switch is set in the ARM position whenever the cabin crew’s ON/OFF switch is set to ON. The system cannot be actuated when arming and control selector is set in the OFF position. However, if the cabin crew’s ON’OFF switch in the forward vestibule is set to ON and the flight compartment control switch is in the OFF position, only the flight compartment flashing light will be actuated. The audio warnings may be individually shut off at each applicable station.

Flight Deck Compartment

 

Torch (Flashlight):

Stowed at the flight engineer’s station.

Smoke Goggles:

One pair at each position:-

Captain – in the Left-hand side console

First Office – in the right-hand side console

Flight Engineer – at his station

Portable Oxygen Equipment:

One mask and one pack in the miscellaneous equipment rack

Fire extinguisher: (CO2)

Asbestos Gloves:

Fire Axe:

One extinguisher mounted on the miscellaneous equipment rack, one pair of gloves in a rack compartment and one axe on rack 215

Escape Ropes:

One rope is stowed in each side console

Life Jackets:

Five life jackets are stowed in the miscellaneous equipment rack for the use of the flight deck crew

 

Passenger Cabin

 

Fire Extinguisher (CO2):

Forward left-hand door, Centre left-hand door and Rear right-hand door

 

Fire Extinguisher (Water):

Centre right-hand door

 

Ditching Lines:

One on each side of the aircrafts in the centre amenity stowages

 

Escape Rope:

One rope is stowed in the forward amenity stowage

 

Escape Slides:

One on each door, those at the forward passenger door and at the centre doors are slide/rafts

 

Slide/Rafts:

One at the forward passenger door and one at each intermediate door. The associated canopies are packed with the relevant emergency packs.

 

Life Raft:

One at the rear of the aft cabin (Right-hand side)

 

Emergency Packs:

One in the forward amenity stowage, two at the rear of the forward cabin, one supplementary pack at the rear of the rear passenger cabin on the left-hand side

 

Radio Beacon:

One at the rear of the forward cabin (Right-hand side), and one at the rear of the aft cabin (Left-hand side)

 

Life Jackets:

Passenger – one under each passenger seat

 

Infant – six in the right-hand rear amenity stowage. (Left-hand side rear amenity post mod)

 

Cabin – one in each of the amenity stowage, and one on the right-hand side of the forward vestibule, adjacent to the right-hand Stewards seat

 

Demonstration – one in the forward and two in the right-hand centre amenity stowage

 

First Aid Kits:

Three kits; one each in the forward right-hand centre, and right-hand rear amenity stowage

 

Megaphone:

One in the forward left-hand side supplementary galley (No.4) (Pre mod)

One in the rear left-hand side supplementary galley (No.5) (Pre mod)

One at the forward left-hand side door (Post mod)

One at the rear right-hand side door (Post mod)

 

Fire Axe:

One in the rear right-hand stowage

Crew Portable Oxygen Set:

Forward left-hand door and forward right-hand door

Centre left-hand door and centre right-hand door

Two at the rear right-hand door

Escape Slides & Slides/Rafts