1. After landing at Nashville Metropolitan Airport, the pilot ordered everyone to exit the plane via the inflatable emergency slides. 2. Getting into an emergency slide is not as easy as it sounds, although Ms. Marshall said that most children had no problem with it. 3. In this drill, taking place in a fuselage that has a working intercom and emergency slides but no longer flies, there were several air marshals aboard. 4. One passenger broke his leg and two others reported minor injuries as they evacuated using emergency slides. 5. The board voted to tell the Federal Aviation Administration to re-evaluate what airplane passengers should do in case they have to use the inflatable emergency slides. 6. The passengers were evacuated without the use of emergency slides, the authorities said later. 7. The plane is still at Dulles airport waiting for new emergency slides to be installed, said American Airlines spokesman Guy Whitcomb. 8. The plane is still at Dulles airport waiting for new emergency slides, said American Airlines spokesman Guy Whitcomb. 9. Using emergency slides and over-wing emergency exits, everyone got out safely. 10. Passengers used emergency slides to leave the aircraft. |