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Old 8th Jul 2013, 17:07
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JW411
 
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I have refrained from commenting up until now.

I was inspired by the account of the difficulties faced by Lee Yoon-Hye and her cabin staff in evacuating this badly damaged aircraft so successfully.

One of my cabin staff forgot to disarm 1 Door L on my DC-10 one day at Toronto and the slide inflated inside the jetway. The meeters and greeters were only saved by the bend in the jetway. They are pretty big when they inflate.

To have two huge slides inflate inside the cabin (trapping two of your team in the process) and still get 300-odd passengers out with fire breaking out around you is a truly remarkable achievement.

Regardless of what went on with those sitting in front in the window seats, the cabin crew did a remarkable job and should be congratulated.
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