EMERGENCY PASSENGER EVACUATION CHUTE AND CHUTE/SLIDE COMBINATION FOR AIRCRAFT

摘要

The present invention provides a passenger evacuation arrangement foremergency use inaircraft, and in particular for evacuating passengers from an upper deck ordecks of a multi-deck aircraft safely to ground level compact when stowed and which safely,rapidly andeffectively evacuates passengers to ground level. The present inventionprovides anevacuation arrangement consisting of a marine-type evacuation chute, and aframe forsuspending the chute overboard of an aircraft in a vertical orientation,wherein the frame isrelatively compact when in a stowed position. In another version, anevacuation systemcombines an upper chute portion and a lower slide portion.