On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:03:51 +0000, io wrote:
> SYDNEY, July 2 (AFP) - Five passengers of a Qantas 747 were injured when
>two escape chutes malfunctioned after a fire in the landing gear triggered a
>panicked evacuation, Australia's national flag carrier admitted Wednesday.
> The 347 passengers were ordered by the captain to evacuate through the
>inflatable chutes when a ground engineer spotted smoke from one of the 16
>brakes of Flight QF6 from Frankfurt moments after it landed at Sydney airport
>early on Wednesday.
Credit where credit is due
The evacuation in a very quick time was handled brilliantly
Even after things went wrong (two escape chutes failing)
The "injuries" were few and minor treated on the Spot
The cause of the fire is being looked into as will be the the 100%
success of the evacuation
Petzl
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