Aircraft Escape Slides Evolve Toward Lighter Weight, Better Maintainability

Safran Aerosystems escape slide
Credit: Matthew Bender/Capa Pictures/Safran
SAN FRANCISCO— Discretely contained within main cabin doors or inside a fuselage compartment adjacent to an over-wing exit, escape slides are incorporating new material technology, resulting in lighter weight, greater durability and longer inspection time intervals. “We see the future engineering...

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