Taking The Slide
Credit: Lufthansa Technik
When a disgruntled JetBlue flight attendant made a dramatic exit from his job via the aircraft’s escape slide in August 2010, it momentarily focused the public’s attention on this invisible but vital life-saving component. A slide’s deployment looks simple, but the evacuation system is extremely...
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