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Ryanair crew “poorly trained” for emergency
Staff on a Ryanair flight had problems opening emergency exits when fire broke out, because of a lack of training.
According to The Times newspaper, an investigation into an incident at Stansted airport in 2002 found that passengers began to panic and there was “pushing and shoving” after fire broke out and the pilot ordered the Boeing 737 to be evacuated.
The newspaper reports that the fire was spotted by airport staff as the Ryanair jet came into land, while the cabin crew smelled burning and saw smoke billowing from under one of the wings.
The Times states: “The Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) report on the incident said that most of Ryanair’s new entrant cabin crew personnel were not properly trained in opening exit doors.”
The report continued: “The door opening forces which they encountered during training were considerably less than those that would be encountered in a real evacuation with an armed evacuation slide.”
The AAIB reportedly recommended that the Irish Aviation Authority and the JAA should review training procedures. A Ryanair spokesman is quoted as saying: “If the IAA and the JAA modify existing procedures on the back of this recommendation we will, of course, like all other airlines, implement new modifications fully.”
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad
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