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Two Boeing 737 Max 8 planes were involved in deadly crashes in the last 5 months. Even if they hadn’t, looking out the window and seeing flames coming out of the plane’s engine would still be reason enough to panic.
It happened on a recent Utair flight out of Moscow. The plane in question was a 737-400 that can carry up to 188 passengers, and it was ultimately grounded following the incident, the Independent reports.
The plane was taxiing to the runway, about to take off to Makhachkala, near Georgia, when passengers looked out the window and saw flames engulfing the engine on the right side. Three of these passengers took matters into their own hands and opened the emergency exit, stepping onto the wing of the plane while it was still in motion.
Video from inside the cabin obtained by the publication shows both the fire and the chaos inside after the takeoff was canceled. The report notes that the 3 passengers – all of them doctors – were eventually brought back inside by the cabin crew and arrested after deplaning. They were still being held for questioning when everyone else was boarded on another plane and sent to their original destination.
Ironically, Utair claims that there was no reason for concern. “This was an ordinary situation, the plane was in order, passengers were in no danger,” a spokesperson says, adding that the flames were caused by disrupted air flow during engine start.
They still grounded the plane, either way.
Meanwhile, the 3 doctors are telling the Russian media that cabin crew ignored their screams of “fire” and failed to take action to ensure that everyone was safe. Consequently, panic erupted, so they had no other option but to open the emergency
“This happened because we sat next to an emergency exit and when the panic started, when people started to run, squashing each other, when they began screaming and yelling, in order to pacify them and to stop the panic we opened the emergency exit,” one of them tells the Russian media. “Just imagine it yourself, we all know what panic looks like.”
The plane was taxiing to the runway, about to take off to Makhachkala, near Georgia, when passengers looked out the window and saw flames engulfing the engine on the right side. Three of these passengers took matters into their own hands and opened the emergency exit, stepping onto the wing of the plane while it was still in motion.
Video from inside the cabin obtained by the publication shows both the fire and the chaos inside after the takeoff was canceled. The report notes that the 3 passengers – all of them doctors – were eventually brought back inside by the cabin crew and arrested after deplaning. They were still being held for questioning when everyone else was boarded on another plane and sent to their original destination.
Ironically, Utair claims that there was no reason for concern. “This was an ordinary situation, the plane was in order, passengers were in no danger,” a spokesperson says, adding that the flames were caused by disrupted air flow during engine start.
They still grounded the plane, either way.
Meanwhile, the 3 doctors are telling the Russian media that cabin crew ignored their screams of “fire” and failed to take action to ensure that everyone was safe. Consequently, panic erupted, so they had no other option but to open the emergency
“This happened because we sat next to an emergency exit and when the panic started, when people started to run, squashing each other, when they began screaming and yelling, in order to pacify them and to stop the panic we opened the emergency exit,” one of them tells the Russian media. “Just imagine it yourself, we all know what panic looks like.”
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