'Sheer panic' in plane evacuation

[Jimbuna]

I've only ever done this previously as a practice exercise but wouldn't like to be there if there had been a serious fire...luckily casualties and injuries were few:


Passengers on an Alicante-bound plane from Glasgow Airport have described "sheer panic" after "swirling" smoke in the cabin forced an emergency stop.
Stephen McFadden said "people started running" as the pilot of the Jet2 737 shouted "get out, get out" following the emergency stop at 07:40.
Six passengers were taken to hospital and another 11 were treated at the scene for minor injuries.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20001291

[Herr-Berbunch]

Read that a short while ago, and noticed this discrepency -

Although it was a horrific situation there was no panic and everyone remained calm,

Which isn't the screaming women that the video footage captured. :doh:

That's screaming women who were already safely out of the aircraft.

[Jimbuna]

Read that a short while ago, and noticed this discrepency -



Which isn't the screaming women that the video footage captured. :doh:

That's screaming women who were already safely out of the aircraft.

Pound to a penny they'd tasted a few before boarding as well :03:

[Karle94]

Something similar happened on a plane that landed in Turkey. The cabin crew shouted "Get out!" and went out first. The pilots came running and jumped out while the passengers were confused and panicking. That crew deserves to be fired as they didn`t follow the most basic safety rule: The crew must supervise the evacuation and the captain should be the last person to abandon the plane/ship.