San Francisco: The ill-fated Asiana Airlines flight 214 that crash-landed at San Francisco airport had a delayed evacuation as the pilots told the flight attendants to let the passengers stay in their seats, it has emerged.
It was only after 90 seconds and after a flight attendant noticed fire outside the crash-landed plane that the emergency slides were deployed and passengers began to be evacuated out of the plane.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman gave an account of the events before crash.
Expressing shock over the pilot’s initial order of not evacuating the plane and calling it an “unusual” move, Deborah said, “"We don't know what the pilots were thinking”.
"It seems a little unusual that the crew would not announce an order to evacuate after a plane crash," Ms Hersman said.
11/07/13 Zee News
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It was only after 90 seconds and after a flight attendant noticed fire outside the crash-landed plane that the emergency slides were deployed and passengers began to be evacuated out of the plane.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman gave an account of the events before crash.
Expressing shock over the pilot’s initial order of not evacuating the plane and calling it an “unusual” move, Deborah said, “"We don't know what the pilots were thinking”.
"It seems a little unusual that the crew would not announce an order to evacuate after a plane crash," Ms Hersman said.
11/07/13 Zee News
