De Havilland Dash-8 question

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Mahesh

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I flew on an Air Canada Dash-8 from Montreal to Frederichton, NB this weekend. I was looking at the emergency card and noticed that in a water ditching, they did not want people to exit out of the left front exit (the normal one that everyone enters the plane through).

What is the reason for this? I know the propeller is near by but so is it on the right side, where they showed as a proper exit.
 
With the airstair bouncing up and down in the waves I think it would be pretty precarious trying to walk out on it. Also I think the airstair might be below the waterline(ha..marine term) of the dash and that might flood the aircraft.
Certain Dash 8's are equipped with ditching dams on the emergency exit. A ditching dam is just an inflatable barrier around the emerg exit to stop water from coming in, it allows the aircraft to have a higher max takeoff weight in the event it has to ditch in the sea the plane won't flood.
 
Cool2Fly said:
With the airstair bouncing up and down in the waves I think it would be pretty precarious trying to walk out on it. Also I think the airstair might be below the waterline(ha..marine term) of the dash and that might flood the aircraft.
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You will see the same thing with many other aircraft. Usually the overwing exits are preferred for exiting after ditching.
 
to be considered emergency exit it has to be able to be opened from outside as well as inside, so technically, it can be used as such

not the hatch in the cockpit or the baggage doors (former can only be opened from inside and the latter only from outside)
 
Thanks for all the responses!

Isn't there a hatch in the CRJ cockpit? Is that not used during emergencies?
 
Mahesh said:
Isn't there a hatch in the CRJ cockpit? Is that not used during emergencies?
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Yes and Yes. However with the err... "size" of some of the captains I fly with I wouldn't want them to try it. They have enough trouble just getting through the main door. Also, the hatch on the CRJ can be opened from both the inside and the outside.
 
Ha ha! Yeah I saw a Comair captain in Boston yesterday, he was HUGE. I was wondering if the seat even moves back far enough to allow him full control movement.
 
Mahesh said:
Ha ha! Yeah I saw a Comair captain in Boston yesterday, he was HUGE. I was wondering if the seat even moves back far enough to allow him full control movement.
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Did he happen to be muscular built and black? I saw one of the BUFFEST guys i've ever seen outside of a muscle competition climb into our comair CRJ cockpit last year. Holyyy crap...i couldnt believe he fit!
 
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