Aeroplane equipped with an internal escape hatch incorporating a pressure regulating system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsPatrick Salgues, Anne-Laure Neveu
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Abstract
An aeroplane includes an external skin and an internal bulkhead delimiting a cabin, and an escape opening passing through the external skin and the internal bulkhead. The escape opening is closed off by an external escape hatch disposed flush with the external skin. The aeroplane also includes an internal escape hatch that closes off the escape opening disposed flush with the internal bulkhead, and pressure regulating means capable of automatically triggering an opening of the internal escape hatch or a part of the internal escape hatch when a pressure differential on both sides of the internal escape hatch exceeds a determined value.
Claims12
An aeroplane comprising an external skin and an internal bulkhead delimiting a cabin, and comprising an escape opening passing through said external skin and said internal bulkhead, said escape opening being closed off by an external escape hatch disposed flush with the external skin, wherein the aeroplane comprises:
- an internal escape hatch that closes off said escape opening disposed flush with the internal bulkhead;
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- pressure regulating means capable of automatically triggering an opening of said internal escape hatch or a part of said internal escape hatch when a pressure differential on both sides of said internal escape hatch exceeds a determined value.
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