A new flight attendant for British airline British Airways had her first day at her new job and it certainly didn’t make a good impression. Because one ‘startup’ mistake he made on opening day cost the company 57 thousand euros more.
The officer in question was working on flight BA75 from London Heathrow to Lagos, Nigeria. It is not known if the unidentified worker was superstitious, but all this happened last Friday, says 13. Shortly before takeoff of the Boeing 777, the flight attendant accidentally opened the emergency door of the plane.
Immediately, in accordance with emergency and safety protocols, the inflatable slide associated with the evacuation was activated on the side of the plane, which immediately led to the various emergency services to converge on the scene, as they thought it was a real evacuation. Airplane.
The episode led to a four-hour delay in the flight while the entire crew prepared to re-operate the flight.
Pictures of the moment were shared on social media. According to The Sun, engineers later arrived to lift the inflatable slide off the runway, but it was decided that the emergency door, which had been removed by a new flight attendant, actually needed a new system.
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A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER (G-VIIK) was pushed backwards when the emergency slide was opened.
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Eventually, the passengers were transferred to another British Airways flight and finally had to depart Heathrow Airport to continue their journey to Lagos.
The error cost the company more than 57,000 euros in total, it had to replace the slide and have another plane pick up the passengers, and the plane had already lost its ‘slot’ for departure.
The company guarantees to provide food and beverage vouchers on the flight. “The aircraft returned to the stand and the passengers disembarked normally. “We have apologized for the inconvenience to passengers, provided food and beverage vouchers and arranged for them to have an alternative flight so they could continue their journey as planned,” a British Airways spokesperson confirmed.
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