We regret incident, evacutaion in fliers' interest: Jet

Mumbai: The Jet Airways management on Saturday expressed "regrets" over the inconvenience caused to its passengers over Friday's emergency evacuation fracas involving its Mumbai-Chennai flight in which at least 14 fliers sustained injuries and 10 staffers were suspended by the aviation watchdog.
In a statement, the airline said the precautionary evacuation of 131 passengers and 10 crew members on the taxiway due to a suspected fire in the left engine was carried out "in the interest of safety of the passengers and the crew".
The airline claimed that the crew carried out the emergency evacuation of Jet Airways flight 9W-2302 "in accordance with the standard operating procedures", though a subsequent inspection of the plane's suspect left engine indicated that there was no fire.
"The welfare of our guests and crew is of prime importance and Jet Airways is taking appropriate steps to ensure the same," the statement said.
The airline added that it is "fully co-operating and providing all the necessary assistance" for the formal inquiry initiated into the incident by the aviation watchdog, Directorate-General of Civil Aviation.
28/08/10 Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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