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2. Escape chute - Wikipedia

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   An escape chute is a special kind of emergency exit, used where conventional fire escape stairways are impractical. The chute is a fabric (or occasionally metal) tube installed near a special exit on an upper floor or roof of a building, or a tall structure.

3. Marine evacuation system - Wikipedia

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   Marine escape chute on MV Spirit of Vancouver Island on 9 September 2013. A marine evacuation system (MES) is a lifesaving device found on many modern passenger ships or oil rigs consisting of an inflatable slide or escape chute where a passenger can evacuate straight into waiting life rafts.

4. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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   This escape tube could be rapidly deployed from a window and hung down to street level, though it was large and bulky to store inside the building. [1] A modern type of evacuation slide is the vertical spiral escape chute, which is a common means of evacuation for buildings and other structures.

5. Miracle at Haneda: Passengers describe terror and relief ...

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   Reports from inside the plane say flight attendants urged people to remain calm and within seconds of the plane coming to a standstill, were able to deploy the escape chutes and usher passengers off.

6. Evacuation slide - Wikipedia

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   Evacuation slide used in an emergency drill. An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial (passenger carrying) aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to step down from the door uninjured (Federal Aviation Administration requires slides on all ...

7. Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a ...

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   All passengers and crew members left their baggage and slid down the escape chutes within 20 minutes of the landing as smoke filled the cabin of the burning aircraft — an outcome praised by ...

8. Chute - Wikipedia

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   Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided; Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly; Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical; Mail chute, a letter collection device

9. How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo ...

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   The evacuation of 379 people on Japan Airlines flight 516 is no casual miracle, but the result of years of work to hone safety procedures and save lives, experts say.