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My first long-haul flight was cancelled
A
s a flight attendant, I’d flown short
haul many times, but this was my
first long-haul flight. I was quite excited –
so it was a bit of a shame that we
never even got off the ground!
The captain had just started up –
I went onto the flight deck for a minute,
and as I opened the door, all the
instruments were going crazy –
flickering and flashing on and off.There
was a funny noise, too. A sort of
crackling sound. I didn’t know what
was going on, so I made a quick exit back to the cabin. Then, a few seconds later the
smoke alarms went off. Nobody did anything at first – there was no smoke, so we just
carried on getting everything ready for the safety announcements.
The chief steward went up to the flight deck though, and as soon as he opened the
door, there was a sort of electrical burning smell. It was faint, but it was definitely
something burning.
That’s when it was obvious this wasn’t a false alarm. The engines were shut down
immediately. The chief steward came back and told us that both the ground crew and
ATC had seen smoke coming from the plane.
The captain calmly taxied us back to a nearby stand and we got the passengers
off as quickly as possible. It all worked really well. No one panicked. The fire service
arrived straightaway and did a thorough check. Apparently they found quite a lot of
damage from electrical arcing. We were very lucky that there hadn’t been a fire.
OVER
TO
YOU
Name another safety feature which could prevent a minor incident becoming a disaster.
What is the manufacturer likely to do after this incident?
Have you heard of similar incidents on other aircraft?
OUTPUT
20
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UNIT
2
Pre-flight