Chennai: Emergency exit evacuation slide of a Vistara flight got deployed soon after passengers disembarked from a Port Blair-Chennai Vistara flight at Chennai airport on Tuesday.
Sources said the incident created a flutter after the chute used to evacuate passengers during emergencies got deployed when the flight was at parking bay. There was no safety risk to passengers as all of them had disembarked.
Vistara in a statement said, "After arrival of flight UK 834 in Chennai from Port Blair, the emergency evacuation slide at the front-right exit door got accidentally deployed after most passengers had disembarked. The cause of the deployment is being investigated. The aircraft returned to service soon after with a minor delay."
The aircraft was grounded for sometime and was checked by the airline's engineers and the chute was fitted again and the plane was cleared for its next leg of journey. Airport officials and DGCA may investigate the incident based on the report filed by the airline because it involves passenger safety.
29/05/19 Times of India
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Sources said the incident created a flutter after the chute used to evacuate passengers during emergencies got deployed when the flight was at parking bay. There was no safety risk to passengers as all of them had disembarked.
Vistara in a statement said, "After arrival of flight UK 834 in Chennai from Port Blair, the emergency evacuation slide at the front-right exit door got accidentally deployed after most passengers had disembarked. The cause of the deployment is being investigated. The aircraft returned to service soon after with a minor delay."
The aircraft was grounded for sometime and was checked by the airline's engineers and the chute was fitted again and the plane was cleared for its next leg of journey. Airport officials and DGCA may investigate the incident based on the report filed by the airline because it involves passenger safety.
29/05/19 Times of India
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