Passengers jump off plane after fire false alarm

[pygmy]

I found this story from Indonesia hilarious.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/03/2761301.htm?section=justin

 

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[Kentucky Kache]

I probably would have jumped.

 

[sniffer]

is it okay to yell "theater" in a crowded firehouse LOL

 

[pygmy]

"A Batavia Air Boeing 737 that was at the Ngurah Rai Airport in Indonesia had some issues with one of its engines and caused passenger panic. Airport Commander, Lt. Col. Aldrin P. Mongan, stated “, there was a blast-like sound which shook the plane when the second engine was turned on.”

The blast caused smoke, which caused some passengers to think the plane was on fire. “[Passengers] demanded the cabin crew to open the emergency exit door and some of them jumped off disorderly. They jumped before the slider came out,” Ketut Parwa, the head of the Bali rescue team stated. Three passengers jumped out of the aircraft and all were injured.

The act of these passengers is very selfish. It seems they were not listening to the flight crew and put other people’s lives at risk. However, I don’t know how I would react if I was on a plane and honestly thought it was on fire. Especially when knowing all Indonesian airlines (except Garuda Indonesia) are banned from flying to the European Union since 2007 due to their poor safety record."

I suppose broken ankles and bones are better than a roasting.
I wont fly in Indonesia ; boating is my preference, but not on a ferry.

 

[sniffer]

I'd say they have serious safety issues when it comes to transportation

 

[pygmy]

I'd say they have serious safety issues when it comes to transportation

Overcrowding , overpopulation , ignorance , poverty and corruption is a problem and leads
to large numbers of stowaways both in planes and boats. This extra weight is a major cause of crashes and sinkings.

 

[sniffer]

and the way their government turns a blind eye, it won't change anytime soon

 

[GPURS]

I'd say they have serious safety issues when it comes to transportation

Overcrowding , overpopulation , ignorance , poverty and corruption is a problem and leads
to large numbers of stowaways both in planes and boats. This extra weight is a major cause of crashes and sinkings.

Yep, piggy nailed this one. It seems like once a week I see a "crawler" on the news channels describing some kind of ferry accident that killed a bunch of people. An overall corrupt and disparate culture is what leads to this kind of recurring tragedy ... Gpurs...