abandon ship

don't panic its an exercise in training staff on the MV Isle of Lewis today at the James Watt Dock Greenock in the operation of the new "Autolaunch" automatic escape slide and associated inflatable liferafts
Cal Mac have fitted these to several ferries eg. Bute and Argyll and say they are the first company in the UK to do so, they are widely used in Scandinavia
xtra- the start of the operation ...not quite quick enough to get the unfolding stage