Jump’ axe on Jet crew

Mumbai: The civil aviation authority today suspended 10 crew members of a Jet Airways flight a day after several passengers were injured after being allegedly goaded into “jumping” off the plane onto the tarmac following a mistaken fire alarm.
While punishing the two pilots and eight cabin crew members for “serious procedural lapses”, the directorate-general of civil aviation (DGCA) summoned the training chiefs of all airlines for a review of training procedures for cabin and flight crew.
Several passengers said they had been asked to “jump off” the Chennai-bound plane, a claim that remained puzzling in the face of the airline’s insistence that escape chutes had been opened and the passengers “taken down”.
A Jet spokesperson blamed the injuries on the “panic” that set in after crew thought they had detected a fire as the aircraft taxied before take-off and the pilot ordered an evacuation. A passenger, Amit Mitra, said the crew had asked “a woman to jump from a height of 22 feet. They were saying ‘Jump, jump right now, vacate the plane’.”
Jency, another passenger, said: “We were all asked to jump from the wing side... (which) is too high. There were many old people.”
28/08/10 The Telegraph

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