To err is synonymous with being human. No one is exempt. But, of course, not all mistakes are created equal. These days one of the most expensive was known: an error of almost 60 thousand dollars.
The incident occurred at London Heathrow Airport, where a flight attendant was from British Airways -who has not been identified- accidentally activated the emergency slide of the plane he was working on.
The plane, a Boeing 777, it was full of passengers and was about to take off bound for Lagos, Nigeria.
But the passengers had to wait a little longer because of the accident it caused a flight delay of over 4 hours.
And the person responsible for the accident? It was his first day. A debut hard to forget. Although, at least until now, he hasn’t had to grieve the loss of his new job.
A mistake that triggered everything and delayed everything
second account the sunthe fact happened on Friday last week when the man, without realizing it, evacuation procedure activated of the aircraft by opening an escape door.
When the escape door was opened, an inflatable evacuation slide was activated, meaning that the mandatory safety feature could no longer be used and a replacement aircraft had to be used for passengers.
But after the slide is activated. the airport emergency protocol has been activated so the emergency services rushed to the scene.
A BA spokesman said immediately it was possible to clarify what really happened and explained that it is “normal procedure for emergency services to travel to the crashed plane”.
A replacement aircraft completed the voyage to Lagos with the same crew, except the rookie, who has been replaced.
BA says it is still investigating the cause of the slide’s deployment. “The plane was back on its feet and customers disembarked normally,” he said THE Biblecompany spokesperson.
“We apologized to customers for the inconvenience caused, we provided them with soda coupons and we have arranged a replacement aircraft so that they can continue their journey as planned.”
Source: Clarin
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