In flight Emergency Procedures

Question 1

Cockpit/Cabin Fire

Answer 1

Symptoms
-Smoke or flames viable in the cabin or cockpit

1. Alert crew
2. Designate crewmember to fight fire
3. Windows and vents - CLOSED
4. Doors - CLOSED
5. ECS - OFF
   - If fire continues:
6. LAND IMMEDIATELY
   -If fire appears out:
7. LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE
   Perform Smoke and Fume Elimination procedure as necessary

Question 2

Electrical Fire

Answer 2

Symptoms
-Acrid smell of burning electrical insulation
-Smoke, flames, and/or sparks viable in the cabin or cockpit

1. Alert crew
2. Designate crewmember to fight fire
3. Affected equipment and associated circuit breakers - OFF/PULL
4. Windows and vents - CLOSED
5. Doors - CLOSED
6. ECS - OFF
   - If fire persists
7. Generators, converters, and/or other logical equipment - OFF
8. LAND IMMEDIATELY
   - If fire appears extinguished
9. LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE

Question 3

Smoke And Fume Elimination

Answer 3

1. Airspeed - 70 KIAS OR LESS
2. Cabin door - OPEN
3. Windows and vents - OPEN to blow air into cockpit
4. Yaw aircraft to vent smoke and fumes

Question 4

Emergency Landing (Aircrew)

Answer 4

Before Landing:

1. Cargo doors and windows - OPEN OR JETTISON BEFORE LANDING
2. Seat - FULL UP and AFT, FACING FORWARD
3. Shoulder harness - LOCKED
4. Legs - FORWARD, OUT FROM UNDER SEAT
5. Brace for impact - BACK STRAIGHT, ARMS CROSSED WITH ELBOWS IN, HEAD AGAINST HEADREST

After Landing:

1. If time permits, assemble and deploy raft and/or survival equipment
2. Egress helicopter when rotor stops

Question 5

Emergency Egress

Answer 5

1. Reference point - Locate and remain calm
2. SEAS bottle - Employ as required
3. Emergency exits - Locate emergency release handles, push/pull and jettison
4. ICS cord - Disconnect
5. Reference point - Relocate and hold
6. Seat belt/harness - Release
7. Egress - Holding reference points, exit at right angles to the aircraft
8. Life vest - Inflate as required when clear of the aircraft

Question 6

Fuel Dump

Answer 6

1. Crew - ALERT
2. Communications- set all LPCAP TX knobs to ICS. Time permitting, transmit intentions and advise of radio silence during dumping
3. HF Operating Mode - Manual
4. ECS MODE switch - OFF
5. FUEL DUMP switch - FUEL DUMP
6. Monitor fuel gauges EICAS AND CDU
7. FUEL DUMP switch - OFF (when desired fuel is dumped)

Note:

• Fuel dumps at about 800 lbs/min
• At fuel levels of 300 lbs or less I either main tank, fuel starvation may occur when pitch altitudes exceed 15 degrees nose up or down

Question 7

Emergency Frequencies

Answer 7

• VHF-AM: 121.5 MHz
• UHF: 243.0 MHz
• VHF-FM: 156.8 MHz (Channel 16)
• HF: 4125 kHz, 6215 kHz
• HF-ALE: ALL