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World_War on Instagram: "This post captures a moment where an aircraft emergency evacuation slide has been inadvertently deployed outside of an airplane. Evacuation slides are inflatable slides used to quickly evacuate an aircraft in an emergency. They are a critical safety feature required on all commercial aircraft where the door sill is above a certain height from the ground. The slides are packed and held within a "bustle," a part of the door structure, and are designed to deploy automatical