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If a Submariner needs to escape the Submarine during an emergency they must first climb into a full-body buoyancy suit. Once in the suits they will exit through the escape tower by plugging the suit into an air supply which fills the suit up with air. They then flood the tower and the pressurised water will push them to the surface.
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