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- 1Oil rig evacuation slide shows crew dropping into life rafts●Oil rig evacuation. You slide down a giant mesh tube straight into a life raft at sea.
Footage of an oil rig evacuation method is drawing attention: workers escape by sliding down a large mesh chute that carries them directly into an inflatable life raft at sea. Viewers are reacting to the dramatic but practical design, which lets crews abandon a rig quickly in an emergency and reach safety without entering the water.