Emergencies Flashcards
Types of emergencies
- No Time Available
- Time Available - Short Notice
- Time Available
No Time Available
Take place without warning. If no evacuation call from FD, No 1 must gain entry to FD to check for incapacitation
- “HEAD DOWN, GRAB ANKELS, STAY DOWN”
Time Available - short notice
Pre-warned with a short time factor - up to five minutes.
Time Available
Pre-warned with more than 5 minutes available - allowing vital preparations and briefings to be made fully
Situations on the ground
- “Cabin crew stand-by”
- Rapid disembarkation
“Cabin crew standby”
Used when FC become aware with a situation on the ground that is not immediately life threatening.
- All CC will immediately stop what they are doing
- All CC move quickly to assigned exit door
- All CC checks conditions inside and outside of a/c
- Be ready to evacuate if necessary
Rapid disembarkation
“Disembark the passengers immediately using all available doors” (2x)
- Non-normal situation while boarding/disembarking
- Leave belongings behind
- NOT using overwing exits/slides
Notification of emergency in-flight
“No. 1 to the flight deck”
- No. 1 picks up inter phone and says “Cabin to FD - No. 1 standing by”
- No 1 receives NITS from Captain, repeats back and synchronises watches
- No 2,3,4 stow trolleys and go to FWD galley to wait for No. 1
- No 1 gives NITS to No 2,3,4. They repeat as group and synchronise watches
- All CC must carry out the drill relevant to NITS briefing
NITS
Nature - Intention - Time available - Special instruction
Notification of emergency to PAX - SOS
- SOS demo PA
- S: survive the impact (show seatbelts and then brace position
- O: get out (show exits and strip lighting/marking)
- S: survive outside (show lifejackets [ditching] and safety cards)
Notification CC to FC
PAA briefing
- Emergency: dial 222 interphone
- “There is a problem in the cabin, are you ready for PAA briefing?”
PAA
- Problem - the nature of the problem in the cabin i.e. medical emergency
- Action - What initial actions already undertakien or put in motion by the CC
- Additional info: i.e. medical assistance needed on landing
Cabin preparation checklist
Planned emergency landing - time available
- High-heeled shoes removed (place in hatbox or hand baggage)
- Spectacles and false teeth removed (place in seat pocked, hand baggage or CC gash bag)
- Sharp objects removed from pockets (place in hand baggage)
- Loosen tight clothing
- Fit warm clothing (in cold weather conditions)
- Demonstration of BRACE position (safety card, show per few rows)
- Seat belts fastened low and tight around the hips
- Galleys: switch off all electrical equipment
Evacuation commands
- “COME THIS WAY”
- “OPEN YOUR SEATBELTS AND GET OUT”
- “MOVE FASTER”
- “LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND”
- “KEEP MOVING”
- “JUMP AND SLIDE”
- “STAY ON YOUR FEET”
- “LEG, SHOULDER, LEG” (overwing)
- “SLIDE OFF THE WING) (overwing)
- “EXIT BLOCKED” (exit unusable)
