737-300 crash Senegal
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737-300 crash Senegal
www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce5ljpnggp4o
A 737-300 has crashed during take-off in Senegal, 78 pob, injuring 11 people, 4 of them severely. One pilot slightly injured.
Air Senegal flight HC 301 bound for Malian capital Bamako went off the runway in the early hours of Thursday, at around 0100 GMT, Dakar's Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement.
Operations have since been halted at the airport.
Emergency services at the airport have been mobilised to evacuate passengers, the airport's statement said.
An inquiry is under way to determine the causes of the incident.
Boeing has not commented on the incident, nor has Transair, the private company from which Air Senegal chartered the plane.
A 737-300 has crashed during take-off in Senegal, 78 pob, injuring 11 people, 4 of them severely. One pilot slightly injured.
Air Senegal flight HC 301 bound for Malian capital Bamako went off the runway in the early hours of Thursday, at around 0100 GMT, Dakar's Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement.
Operations have since been halted at the airport.
Emergency services at the airport have been mobilised to evacuate passengers, the airport's statement said.
An inquiry is under way to determine the causes of the incident.
Boeing has not commented on the incident, nor has Transair, the private company from which Air Senegal chartered the plane.
More here https://avherald.com/h?article=51867a11
Originally Posted by PC767
Obligitory evacuate - run - scream video.
https://news.sky.com/video/share-13132414
Obligitory evacuate - run - scream video.
https://news.sky.com/video/share-13132414
Cabin Crew are trained to scream at the Pax during an evacuation to motivate those pax who would otherwise be frozen or paralyzed by fear.
It is a normal human reaction in an emergency situation and it serves a functional adaptive purpose.
Part of the flight or flee response.
Screaming into a crowd is a great way to generate a panic and result in trampling and blocking. It is a normal human reaction for panicked people to shove people ahead and if those are knocked down, they form a large obstacle with those farther back will try to add even more force to overcome. This leads to piles of bodies trapped in exit ways when there was plenty of time for a calm exit.
Where I worked the cabin crew were most definitely not trained to scream…they were however trained to shout/issue loud positive commands in the event of an evac such as “come this way” “stay on your feet, keep moving”.
Screaming into a crowd is a great way to generate a panic and result in trampling and blocking. It is a normal human reaction for panicked people to shove people ahead and if those are knocked down, they form a large obstacle with those farther back will try to add even more force to overcome. This leads to piles of bodies trapped in exit ways when there was plenty of time for a calm exit.
Yes, I agree that my use of scream is the wrong word.
What MechEng and wiggy said is a much better way to describe the commands to be given during evacuation. :-)
