I was just noticing photos from the aborted take-off of a US Airways jet in Philly. The nose gear collapsed and I was noticing how high off the ground the rear door is. So high that the evacuation slide seems to be hanging at an unusually steep angle.

Does anyone know if people were evacuating down that rear slide? Seems quite dangerous to jump down such a steep slide unless those slides are made of material that actually slow you down.

I would think that engineers have already thought about this sort of situation when designing the evacuation slides. The article does not mention any significant injuries.