Emergency passenger evacuation chute and chute/slide combination for aircraft

摘要

A passenger evacuation arrangement for emergency use in aircraft, and in particular for evacuating passengers from an upper deck or decks of a multi-deck aircraft safely to ground level, which is compact when stowed and which safely, rapidly and effectively evacuates passengers to ground level. The evacuation arrangement consists of a marine-type evacuation chute, and a frame for suspending the chute overboard of an aircraft in a vertical orientation, wherein the frame is relatively compact when in a stowed position. In another version, an evacuation system combines an upper chute portion and a lower slide portion.