How to Launch a Raft 1. Retrieve Rafts
2. Attach Mooring/Tether Line to clasp end of seatbelt closest to the Overwing Exit
3. Open Exit 4. Launch raft through the Overwing Exit 5. Pull Mooring/Tether Line to inflate raft
6. While holding Mooring/Tether Line have passengers board raft using the wing as a boarding platform.
Once all passengers and crew have boarded Get into the raft as soon as possible as hypothermia can set in very quickly.
7. Cut Mooring/Tether Line and clear away from aircraft.
Important To Remember
• If you must go into the water try to keep your head dry and above water. It may be extremely cold, “Cold Water Shock” will make you inhale involuntarily and you could aspirate water into your lungs. If there is fuel in the water, try keep and prevent it from getting in your eyes.
• It is very difficult to swim in a life preserver. It is easier to swim using the “back stroke”.
• Get into the raft as soon as possible. Hypothermia can set in quickly.
• Don’t sit on the edge of the raft; sit “in” the raft. Survival Kits
In most cases, the required Survival Kit will be packed inside the life raft(s). However, some flight operators carry a supplemental kit, which is carried out in a water landing.
While some survival kits are more elaborate than others depending on the type of operation, the following items are found in all life raft survival kits. •
Flares
• Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) • Sea Anchor • Package water or water maker • Food (high carbohydrate) •
First Aid Kit, sea sick pills • Flashlight, signaling mirror and whistle
• Knife, fishing kit • Raft repair plugs and pump
Recommended Additional Items • Duct tape • Large plastic trash bags
Stay low! Even a slight “bump”, ripple, or wave could topple you overboard.
• If you need to leave the raft to rescue another person, tie yourself to the raft with the “heaving line” so others can pull you back to safety of the raft.
• Ensure the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) is transmitting
• The Sea Anchor should be either fully deployed or you may have to manually attach it to the raft and deploy it.
• Locate the Survival Kit and secure it’s contents.
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