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1.4.352. Verbal Warning. The command to a passenger to initiate an ejection is "eject, eject, eject". The engineer had been briefed that if a hazardous situation occurred from which it was required to abandon the aircraft, he would be given the command to eject. R3 recalled stating a short warning, but not 'eject' x 3, and instinctively pulled the ejection handle; he was uncertain if he said it prior to or as he pulled the handle. The Panel considered that if R3's warning was made during the ejection sequence there was a possibility that the engineer did not hear it as the pilot's intercom may have been separated from the main aircraft. Furthermore, and in the Panel's opinion, even if the engineer had heard the warning there was insufficient time for him to react before the aircraft hit the ground. Having heard it he would have been required to recognise the meaning and act appropriately.
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