New Delhi: In the cabin pressure drop incident involving the Jaipur-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai on September 20, a passenger, Mukesh Sharma, has suffered permanent hearing loss. Passengers on board the Jet Airways flight bled from their nose and ears after the pilots forgot to switch on a crucial button that would turn on the air conditioning within the aircraft and maintain the cabin pressure.
Sharma was among the passengers who suffered bleeding during the incident. This month, during a check-up at a Jaipur hospital, he came to know he has suffered permanent hearing damage.
"The reports revealed that I have suffered a permanent hearing loss. There were a number of soft sounds I wasn't able to detect and unless a person is standing face-to-face with me and speaking, I am not able to listen to the words. While speaking on phone, I use my left ear as the right one is most affected," Sharma told the Hindustan Times.
Jet Airways flight 9W-697 had landed back in Mumbai within 30 minutes of taking off from the airport's Terminal 2 after 30 out of the 166 passengers on board started bleeding and complained of headaches. The pilots had not turned on the "bleed air" button upon achieving an altitude of more than 10,000 feet that would release air from the engine into the cabin meant for air conditioning. As a result of this lapse, the cabin pressure could not be maintained and oxygen masks were deployed.
As per the report, Sharma along with another person, Ankul Kala who was also travelling on the same flight, had suffered from barotrauma -- an injury that is caused by increased air or water pressure, such as during airplane flights or scuba diving. They both are undergoing treatment at Sawai Man Singh Hospital.
22/11/18 Business Today
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Sharma was among the passengers who suffered bleeding during the incident. This month, during a check-up at a Jaipur hospital, he came to know he has suffered permanent hearing damage.
"The reports revealed that I have suffered a permanent hearing loss. There were a number of soft sounds I wasn't able to detect and unless a person is standing face-to-face with me and speaking, I am not able to listen to the words. While speaking on phone, I use my left ear as the right one is most affected," Sharma told the Hindustan Times.
Jet Airways flight 9W-697 had landed back in Mumbai within 30 minutes of taking off from the airport's Terminal 2 after 30 out of the 166 passengers on board started bleeding and complained of headaches. The pilots had not turned on the "bleed air" button upon achieving an altitude of more than 10,000 feet that would release air from the engine into the cabin meant for air conditioning. As a result of this lapse, the cabin pressure could not be maintained and oxygen masks were deployed.
As per the report, Sharma along with another person, Ankul Kala who was also travelling on the same flight, had suffered from barotrauma -- an injury that is caused by increased air or water pressure, such as during airplane flights or scuba diving. They both are undergoing treatment at Sawai Man Singh Hospital.
22/11/18 Business Today
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