PIA Manchester "Should have gone to Specsavers"
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PIA Manchester "Should have gone to Specsavers"
Lady passenger mistook exit door for toilet door.
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To be fair the article did state that the exit was adjacent to the rear lavatory, even so....
The article also states that there are normally crew around, of course they might have that wrong.
I would hazard a guess that "alcohol may have been involved".
The article also states that there are normally crew around, of course they might have that wrong.
I would hazard a guess that "alcohol may have been involved".
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Saw one of the cabin crew do that on a Ryan Air 737 at Prestwick . Opened the door forgot to de latch the mechanisim at the bottom of the door and hey presto slide started to inflate . Then tries to shutdoor whilst slide inflating . Mad
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It was a PIA flight, so I would suggest alcohol may not have been a factor but more likely an elderly visiting relatives or someone whom flying isn’t an everyday thing. Lots of family from Pakistan where they still live without most modern day appliances, visiting UK based family. They don’t get instructions and are really easily confused.
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Mistaken operation of a door happened to me some years ago. My passengers were told not to touch the doors and wait till I shut down (it was a helicopter) before unstrapping or trying to get out. As the rotors stopped I began to unstrap myself - there was a clunk and clatter as the senior passenger (a Lord Mayor) jettisoned the rear door!
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It was a PIA flight, so I would suggest alcohol may not have been a factor but more likely an elderly visiting relatives or someone whom flying isn’t an everyday thing. Lots of family from Pakistan where they still live without most modern day appliances, visiting UK based family. They don’t get instructions and are really easily confused.
In the picture at least the handle does look a bit like a handicapped accessible accommodation of some sort so that may also have have been a factor.
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Daily Mail on line mentioned a Boeing 737-340 and only 37 passengers.
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I should expect the guilty party willfully offered themselves to be one of the 37
