Originally Posted by
tryintogohome
I dont think they repack them ,they change out the whole module, there was a big to do in BKK a few years ago when one activated on a 777 when the aircraft was being cleaned. I believe it is a $25-30k event
They replace it with a spare so that the plane can fly but the deployed one will generally be repacked, just not at the airport. It involves sending the deflated slide off-site to a specialist to make that happen. But they do not typically just throw the kit away at that point.