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A passenger on an EMB170/175 reported noting that the safety card for a water landing shows one variant opening only the front doors while the other shows opening doors at both ends of the aircraft. He did not know which variant he was flying on.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1338968 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Hello; flying on an E170/175; I noticed the safety placard for a water landing could be deadly confusing. Both aircraft variants were shown on the placard; with two different scenarios. One variant showed opening front and rear emergency exits in a water landing; the other only opened the front doors. As a passenger; how would we know which variant we are aboard? I believe it would be safer to not have a combined E170/175 safety placard; but rather variant specific safety placards to eliminate any confusion. We were on a flight which flies over water.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A passenger on an EMB170/175 reported noting that the safety card for a water landing shows one variant opening only the front doors while the other shows opening doors at both ends of the aircraft. He did not know which variant he was flying on.
Narrative: Hello; flying on an E170/175; I noticed the safety placard for a water landing could be deadly confusing. Both aircraft variants were shown on the placard; with two different scenarios. One variant showed opening front and rear emergency exits in a water landing; the other only opened the front doors. As a passenger; how would we know which variant we are aboard? I believe it would be safer to not have a combined E170/175 safety placard; but rather variant specific safety placards to eliminate any confusion. We were on a flight which flies over water.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.