Apparently it is easy to do accidentally on a 767. Looks like the flight attendant’s mistake only delayed the next flight 2.5 hours. Seems pretty quick for repacking a 767 slide. Maybe there was a spare in DUB?

https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2...ing-in-dublin/

"...and if you're sick of waiting for the jetbridge..."

Sounds like bad design with regard to the door handle and the slide handle being close together and requiring similar motions. BTW, I've been wondering where the slides actually are stowed - are they in the door? What about in the E-170? I stared at the safety card and couldn't figure out where the slide was stowed. I always look at the cards because on some planes it appears that the life raft could escape out to sea unless the line is manually looped and attached to the tie-down ring.

Many would say that this is the second or third biggest slide that DL deployed this week.

I’m not sure about the E170. ButOn most doors the slides are stowed in the door itself, that’s the hump on the bottom of the door. when you arm the door it physically inserts the girt bar(attached to the slide) into fittings on the floor of the entryway. On some window exits the slide is inside the fuselage itself.

When used as a raft, you can detach the side from the gift bar to float away but it is still tethered by a line. There’s a knife in a pocket of the slide that the FAs can use to cut the line from the aircraft.

DL63 Gatwick - JFK this morning (15.04.24)

Just roll it back up and tuck it in.

Not seeing the problem here.

I dunno. Perusing videos of slides deploying (there are many on YouTube), it looks like reversing could be complicated, maybe akin to packing a parachute so it deploys correctly

Just like a sleeping pad for camping...a bungie cord should secure it just fine and allow for speedy redeployment if needed

I’ve been on one where that happened a good while ago. A newbie FA deployed it. It took more than 2 hours to try to handle it in ATL. And eventually they swapped out the plane. I don’t know if the slide was damaged. Or if the maintenance crew had other issues. But it was not a quick fix in that case.

​​​​​​​oh wow

I've always wanted to see this (and opening the over-wing exit) as part of the safety demo -- we all know how to fasten & release our seatbelts!

I had an FA in D1 on LAX-DCA tell me last year that DL has about 6-7 blown slides a month. The FA's get dinged hard if they're responsible. She didn't elaborate, but apparently coming out of the pandemic they've had an uptick in slide deployments.

For the question above regarding where the slides are located, on most exit doors (ie. L1/L2, etc) the slides are at the base of the door. When you hear the FA's announce dis-arm and crosscheck, that is the process of them disarming the slides. If an FA doesn't disarm (place a pin correctly, in most circumstances) and then door is opened, the slide will deploy. For over wing exits, the slides are in the side of the fuselage or top of the wing. (See this video of an A320 slide deploying: ) Here's a 737 Max slide deployment:

Any idea what the cost to replace one is? I know there are additional associated costs as well — e.g. taking the plane offline and having to replace equipment, etc, which likely varies greatly by location — but looking more at just the hard cost of a slide replacement, which I’d also assume varies by type of ship.

According to the article: