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Helicopter Liferaft Lift

A helicopter is used to lift the liferafts off for their annual servicing.
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150 person liferafts
150 person liferafts		 Marine Evacuation Chute
Marine Evacuation Chute		 Liferafts on ship
Liferafts on ship		 Fireman at the ready
Fireman at the ready
Helicopter arrives
Helicopter arrives		 Helicopter gets ready for the lift
Helicopter gets ready for the lift		 Helicopter ready to lift the chute unit
Helicopter ready to lift the chute unit		 Lifting
Lifting
Transport to the shipyard drop zone
Transport to the shipyard drop zone		 Releasing the liferaft canister
Releasing the liferaft canister		 Back and forth
Back and forth		 Crew at the ready
Crew at the ready
Hoist away
Hoist away		 Liferaft lift
Liferaft lift		 Away
Away		 Over to the drop zone
Over to the drop zone
At the end of one hour all racks are empty
At the end of one hour all racks are empty
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