SAE AS 8994:2024-05-01
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SAE AS 8994:2024-05-01

Emergency Evacuation Slides, Ramps, Ramp/Slides, and Slide/Rafts

Summary

This AS provides the minimum performance requirements for the following types of inflatable emergency evacuation devices (hereinafter referred to as device[s]):
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    Type III - Inflatable Exit Ramp: A device suitable for assisting occupants in descending from certain overwing exits to an airplane wing.
  4. 4
    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.
  5. 5
    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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Publisher SAE International
Publication Date 05/01/2024
Page Count 75
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