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Aviation vocabulary · Cabin Service & Safety

Emergency exit

Meaning in aviation, with examples

nounCore term

In aviation, emergency exit means: A door or window exit that passengers and crew use to leave the aircraft quickly in an emergency. Some are normal doors; others are smaller exits over the wings.

In Turkish: acil çıkış, acil çıkış kapısı

How it is used

Cabin crew brief passengers seated in emergency exit rows and check that they are willing and able to help. The safety demonstration points out the nearest exits. Typical phrases: exit row, overwing exit, floor path lighting.

Example sentences

  1. You are seated next to an emergency exit; may I explain how it works?

  2. Please do not put any bags near the emergency exits.

Common collocations

  • emergency exit row
  • overwing emergency exit
  • nearest emergency exit
  • emergency exit briefing
  • evacuateTo get everyone off an aircraft or out of a building quickly because staying is dangerous, for example because of fire or smoke.
  • evacuation slideAn inflatable slide fitted to an aircraft door that lets people slide quickly to the ground in an evacuation. It inflates automatically when an armed door is opened.
  • safety demonstrationThe short presentation before takeoff in which cabin crew, or a video, show passengers how to use the seat belts, exits, oxygen masks and life vests.
  • cabin crewThe team of trained staff who look after the safety and comfort of passengers in the cabin during a flight.

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