underfire
14th Oct 2013, 21:26
Article on Report name: Boeing 737-804, G-GDFJ
"Some passengers on a Jet2.com Boeing 737-800 ordered to evacuate the aircraft on the runway through over-wing exits after a rejected takeoff changed their minds when they realized there's no escape slide, says the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in a new report.
The passengers, after realizing their was no imminent danger (the crew had aborted the takeoff because they thought the cabin was filling with smoke, which turned out to be condensation, or mist, or fog), went back into the cabin and took the slide route. I'm not sure I can blame those passengers, even though their turnaround slowed down the evacuation. Of course also slowing the evac were other considerate passengers who decided to retreive personal items from overhead bins when told by the pilots to bolt..."
Of course, in the dark and rain, the slides of the Jet2.com 737 didn't work all that well either. As the AAIB put it, "This caused a number of injuries, as people collided or were knocked over onto the ground...".
http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/0/2c2922e2-5ea7-48b5-a080-2810e078115e.Large.jpg
Wing walking a 737 (http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3A7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&plckPostId=Blog%3A7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost%3A7815a8b6-8ada-4f57-b111-074fa55cfbaf&goback=%2Enmp_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1%2Egde_84160_memb er_5795590995445821440#%21)
Air Accidents Investigation: Boeing 737-804, G-GDFJ (http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/october_2013/boeing_737_804__g_gdfj.cfm)
EDIT: There was enough 'fog' in the aircraft that the crew assumed it was smoke??
"Some passengers on a Jet2.com Boeing 737-800 ordered to evacuate the aircraft on the runway through over-wing exits after a rejected takeoff changed their minds when they realized there's no escape slide, says the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in a new report.
The passengers, after realizing their was no imminent danger (the crew had aborted the takeoff because they thought the cabin was filling with smoke, which turned out to be condensation, or mist, or fog), went back into the cabin and took the slide route. I'm not sure I can blame those passengers, even though their turnaround slowed down the evacuation. Of course also slowing the evac were other considerate passengers who decided to retreive personal items from overhead bins when told by the pilots to bolt..."
Of course, in the dark and rain, the slides of the Jet2.com 737 didn't work all that well either. As the AAIB put it, "This caused a number of injuries, as people collided or were knocked over onto the ground...".
http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/0/2c2922e2-5ea7-48b5-a080-2810e078115e.Large.jpg
Wing walking a 737 (http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3A7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&plckPostId=Blog%3A7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost%3A7815a8b6-8ada-4f57-b111-074fa55cfbaf&goback=%2Enmp_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1%2Egde_84160_memb er_5795590995445821440#%21)
Air Accidents Investigation: Boeing 737-804, G-GDFJ (http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/october_2013/boeing_737_804__g_gdfj.cfm)
EDIT: There was enough 'fog' in the aircraft that the crew assumed it was smoke??