ANNEX 2 EMERGENCY EVACUATION TEST PROCEDURE

The following test criteria and procedures should be used for compliance with Ch 10,

104. 1:

1. The emergency evacuation should be conducted with exterior ambient light levels of no greater than prior to the activation of the airplane emergency lighting system. The source(s) of the initial ex- terior ambient light level may remain active or illuminated during the actual demonstration. There should, however, be no increase in the exterior ambient light level except for that due to activation of the WIG ship emergency lighting system.

2. The WIG ship should be in a normal attitude with floating on the surface.

3. Unless the WIG ship is equipped with an off-wing descent means, Marine Evacuation System(MES) may be used for descent from the wing to the surface. Safety equipment such as inverted life rafts may be placed on the surface to protect participants. No other equipment that is not part of the emergency evacuation equipment of the WIG ship may be used to aid the participants in reaching the surface.

4. Except as provided in paragraph 1 of this annex, only the WIG ship's emergency lighting system may provide illumination.

5. All emergency equipment required for the planned operation of the WIG ship should be installed.

6. Each internal door or curtain should be in the takeoff configuration.

7. Each crew member should be seated in the normally assigned seat for takeoff and should remain in the seat until receiving the signal for commencement of the demonstration. Each crew member should be a person having knowledge of the operation of exits, emergency equipment, etc.

8. A representative passenger load of persons in normal health should be used as follows:

(1) At least 40 percent of the passenger load should be female.

(2) At least 35 percent of the passenger load should

be over 50 years of age.

(3) At least

15 percent of the passenger load should

be female and over 50 years of age.

(4) Three life-size dolls, not included as part of the

total passenger load, should be carried by pas-

sengers to simulate live infants 2 years old or younger.

(5) Crew members, mechanics, and training personnel, who maintain or operate the WIG ship in the normal course of their duties, may not be used as passengers.

9. No passenger may be assigned a specific seat. No employee of the applicant may be seated next to an emergency exit.

10. Seat belts and shoulder harnesses (as required) should be fastened.

11. Before the start of the demonstration, approximately one-half of the total average amount of car- ry- on baggage, blankets, pillows, and other similar articles should be distributed at several locations in aisles and emergency exit access ways to create minor obstructions.

12. No prior indication may be given to any crew member or passenger of the particular exits to be

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used in the demonstration.

13. The applicant may not practice, rehearse, or describe the demonstration for the participants nor may any participant have taken part in this type of demonstration within the preceding 6 months.

14. Prior to entering the demonstration WIG ship, the passengers may also be advised to follow di- rections of crew members but may not be instructed on the procedures to be followed in the dem- onstration, except with respect to safety procedures in place for the demonstration or which have to do with the demonstration site. Prior to the start of the demonstration, the pre-takeoff passenger briefing may be given. Flight attendants may assign demonstration subjects to assist persons from the bottom of a Marine Evacuation System, consistent with their approved training program.

15. The WIG ship should be configured to prevent disclosure of the active emergency exits to dem- onstration participants onboard until the start of the demonstration.

16. Exits used in the demonstration should consist of one exit from each exit pair. The demonstration may be conducted with the Marine Evacuation System(MES), if provided, inflated and the exits

open at the beginning of the demonstration. In this case, all exits should be

configured such that

the active exits are not disclosed to the occupants. If this method is used, the exit preparation time

for each exit utilized should be accounted for, and exits that are not to be

used in the demon-

stration should not be indicated before the demonstration has started. The exits to be used should be representative of all of the emergency exits on the WIG ship. At least one floor level exit should be used.

17. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this section, all evacuees should leave the WIG ship by a means provided as part of the onboard equipment.

18. The applicant's approved procedures should be fully utilized, except the crew members should take no active role in assisting others inside the cabin during the demonstration.

19. The evacuation time period is completed when the last occupant has evacuated the WIG ship and is on the surface. Provided that the acceptance rate of the Marine Evacuation System(MES) is no greater than the acceptance rate of the means available on the WIG ship for descent from the wing during an actual crash situation, evacuees using Marine Evacuation System(MES) allowed by para- graph 3 of this annex are considered to be on the surface when they are on the Marine Evacuation System(MES).

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