Fast evacuation device for an aircraft.
An inflatable slide (18) is placed in a housing (20) close to an access
door (16) to a cabin (14) of an aircraft. More precisely, the housing (20)
is located in a pressurised area of the aircraft but outside the wall
delimiting the cabin (14). Thus, there is no constraint for delimiting the
housing (20) on the inside of the aircraft. On the outside, the housing
(20) is closed by a hatch (24) capable of resisting the pressure. A lock
(30) normally keeps the hatch (24) fixed in the closed position. A
mechanism (32) connects this lock (30) to the door (16) when the slide
arming system (33) is armed. Opening the door (16) then unlocks the hatch
(24) that is then opened due to inflation of the slide (18).
