AS8994 Emergency Evacuation Slides, Ramps, Ramp/Slides, and Slide/Rafts
Current
05/01/2024
- Features
- Issuing Committee
- Content
- This AS provides the minimum performance requirements for the following types of inflatable emergency evacuation devices (hereinafter referred to as device[s]):
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Type I - Inflatable Slide: A device suitable for assisting occupants in descending from a floor-level airplane exit or from an airplane wing to the ground. A Type I off-wing slide is a device that does not include a ramp.
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Type II - Inflatable Slide/Raft: A device suitable for assisting occupants in descending from a floor-level airplane exit or an airplane wing to the ground that is also designed to be used as a life raft. A Type II off-wing slide/raft is a device that does not include a ramp.
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Type III - Inflatable Exit Ramp: A device suitable for assisting occupants in descending from certain overwing exits to an airplane wing.
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Type IV - Inflatable Ramp/Slide: A device suitable for assisting occupants from an overwing exit or airplane wing to the ground. It is a combination ramp and wing-to-ground device.
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Type V - Inflatable Ramp/Slide/Raft: A device suitable for assisting occupants from an overwing exit or airplane wing to the ground. It is a combination ramp and wing-to-ground device that is also designed to be used as a life raft.
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- Pages
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- Citation
- SAE International Technical Standard, Emergency Evacuation Slides, Ramps, Ramp/Slides, and Slide/Rafts, SAE Standard AS8994, Issued May 2024, https://doi.org/10.4271/AS8994.