Post by corsair67 on Oct 31, 2006 16:00:41 GMT 12
Good work, idiots! 
'Chatty' crew contributed to chaos
October 31, 2006.
CHATTY cabin crew and a worker on the airport tarmac with no emergency training helped create a chaotic evacuation of a Jetstar plane in which passengers were injured, a report has found.
The 26 passengers were evacuated from the Jetstar Boeing 717 at Hobart airport in May last year after a mechanical failure.
But instead of an orderly evacuation there was chaos, and 11 passengers were injured when an escape slide fell to the ground uninflated.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB ) today released its findings into the evacuation.
It said flight crew not focusing on safety procedures had contributed to the accident.
"The flight crew were engaged in conversations not confined to the engine start process or other operational matters during both engine start sequences ...," the report said.
The escape slide fell to the ground uninflated when a door was opened.
"The investigation found that the escape slide may not have been properly armed after the doors were closed and that this was not noticed when visually cross-checked."
Adding to the problems was an airport worker who had no emergency training.
"The aircraft's dispatcher had not received any education in emergency communications with flight crew nor aircraft evacuations at the terminal," the report said.
Evacuation was ordered before a checklist had been completed, leading to some passengers grappling in the dark of the plane's tail without the help of emergency lighting.
Jetstar had made changes to passenger training since the incident.
AAP.
'Chatty' crew contributed to chaos
October 31, 2006.
CHATTY cabin crew and a worker on the airport tarmac with no emergency training helped create a chaotic evacuation of a Jetstar plane in which passengers were injured, a report has found.
The 26 passengers were evacuated from the Jetstar Boeing 717 at Hobart airport in May last year after a mechanical failure.
But instead of an orderly evacuation there was chaos, and 11 passengers were injured when an escape slide fell to the ground uninflated.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB ) today released its findings into the evacuation.
It said flight crew not focusing on safety procedures had contributed to the accident.
"The flight crew were engaged in conversations not confined to the engine start process or other operational matters during both engine start sequences ...," the report said.
The escape slide fell to the ground uninflated when a door was opened.
"The investigation found that the escape slide may not have been properly armed after the doors were closed and that this was not noticed when visually cross-checked."
Adding to the problems was an airport worker who had no emergency training.
"The aircraft's dispatcher had not received any education in emergency communications with flight crew nor aircraft evacuations at the terminal," the report said.
Evacuation was ordered before a checklist had been completed, leading to some passengers grappling in the dark of the plane's tail without the help of emergency lighting.
Jetstar had made changes to passenger training since the incident.
AAP.
