A Jet Airways flight has injured over 30 passengers after the pilots forget to regulate the cabin pressure. Additionally, some passengers experienced bleeding from their noses and ears.
The Jet Airways flight was set to travel from Mumbai to Jaipur. However, it was forced to turn back soon after take off. The 166 passengers on board landed safely.
Consequently, the major Indian airline has released a statement:
“The B737 aircraft, with 166 guests and 5 crew, landed normally in Mumbai.”
“All guests were deplaned safely and taken to the terminal.”
“First aid was administered to few guests who complained of ear pain, bleeding nose etc.”
Furthermore, it admitted that it “regretted” any inconvenience caused.
However, Lalit Gupta, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the crew had forgotten to regulate cabin pressure.
As a result, passengers took to twitter to share the experience. One passanger wrote:
@jetairways Flight 9W 697 made an emergency landing back in Mumbai. Airplane lost pressure immediately after taking off…scores of passengers including me bleeding from nose….no staff to help…no announcement on board to wear the oxygen mask. passenger safety completely ignored pic.twitter.com/vO9O95aMCP
— Satish Nair (@satishnairk) September 20, 2018
Shares in Jet Airways (NSE:JETAIRWAYS) finished trading yesterday at 15:55 GMT at -4.98%.
