Wing walking a 737-800?
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Wing walking a 737-800?
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...".
Wing walking a 737
Air Accidents Investigation: Boeing 737-804, G-GDFJ
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...".
Wing walking a 737
Air Accidents Investigation: Boeing 737-804, G-GDFJ
EDIT: There was enough 'fog' in the aircraft that the crew assumed it was smoke??
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Have seen it on occasions. A Shorts 360 at MIA was memorable because it was IMC in the cabin whilst on the ground. We also had a student eject from a Sabre shortly after take off, and the reason was put down to condensation from the air conditioning making the pilot believe it was smoke. Ejection was outside seat parameters so did not survive.
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AWFULLY KEEN TO THROW THE SLF DOWN THE SLIDES AT THE FIRST SUGGESTION OF "SMOKE"??!!
Do modern aircraft captains have ANY nouse when it comes to the difference between a REAL AND PRESENT HAZARD to their passengers, and something which looks like it?
If it looks like smoke, smells like smoke, it probably IS smoke.
However, did this aircon condensation qualify as life-threatening?
How embarassing, so can we with the authority and obligation to call "EVACUATE" just start using our brains before we "cover our a**es" by throwing people down the slides and almost certainly guaranteeing injury to those we're supposed to be protecting???
Further information is evident in the "Cooling Brakes" thread in Tech Log if the THINKING crews want to chew over the problem
Do modern aircraft captains have ANY nouse when it comes to the difference between a REAL AND PRESENT HAZARD to their passengers, and something which looks like it?
If it looks like smoke, smells like smoke, it probably IS smoke.
However, did this aircon condensation qualify as life-threatening?
How embarassing, so can we with the authority and obligation to call "EVACUATE" just start using our brains before we "cover our a**es" by throwing people down the slides and almost certainly guaranteeing injury to those we're supposed to be protecting???
Further information is evident in the "Cooling Brakes" thread in Tech Log if the THINKING crews want to chew over the problem
Last edited by BARKINGMAD; 24th Oct 2013 at 16:50.
