DGCA faults Jet’s cabin crew training
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A year after two dozen passengers of Jet Airways were injured during an emergency evacuation, the DGCA has faulted the airlines crew and training standards. On 27 August last year, Jet’s cabin crew noticed what appeared to be an engine fire as its flight was taxing at Mumbai airport with 139 passengers onboard. It turned out to be false alarm but the evacuation that followed led to some injuries, as some passengers jumped from the plane’s wing.
“In the process of evacuation 25 passengers were injured and four of them were seriously injured with multiple fractures on the legs. There was neither smoke nor actual fire in the incident,” DGCA said in an investigation report, published by livemint.com.
The regulator blamed the crew’s handling of the situation, saying they did not have a “basic awareness of the external lights, especially the anti-collision lights of the aircraft”, and that they “were not trained to recognise fire from the engine”.
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