Wed, 03 Aug 2005

Air France Flight 358

After a flawless escape, one particular passenger was not too impressed with the entire operation. Here is an excerpt from this MSNBC article:

Passenger criticizes flight attendants
Hours after the crash and rescues, at least one passenger was less than complimentary about the work of some of the flight attendants during the accident.

Gwen Dunlop, a Toronto resident who was on the flight returning from vacation in France, said when the plane first touched down the passengers believed they had landed safely and clapped with relief.

“Only seconds later, it started really moving and obviously it wasn’t OK,” said Dunlop. “At some point the wing was off. The oxygen masks never came down; the plane was filling up with smoke.”

“One of the hostesses said, ‘You can calm down, it’s OK,’ and yet the plane was on fire and smoke was pouring in,” Dunlop told The AP. “I don’t like to criticize, but the staff did not seem helpful or prepared.”

Lets imagine...the plane has landed on the ground, rolling down a hill, and filling up with smoke. Typically, smoke indicates that there is some combustable reaction abound.

I know! Lets totally violate FAA regulations, dump lots of pure oxygen into the cabin! Yeah, I know that its only intended for depressurization, BUT WHO CARES?!

I'm so glad customers aren't allowed to fly the airplane.

Congrats to the crew, a two minute evacuation is quite a feat!

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