passenger American Airlines flights are forced to evacuate the plane’s wings Immediately after landing at Augusta Regional Airport in Georgia, before 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 1.
According to airline officials, U.S. Hawk Flight 5406 departed safely from Charlotte Douglas International Airport about 30 minutes before landing in Augusta, when it experienced “maintenance issues” that apparently resulted in a relaxed smoky mist to fill the cabin moment after landing.
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After the plane landed safely at Charlotte Airport, the plane had just begun to grab the luggage, and when the pilot shouted “” to the plane’s PA system, passengers just started to snatch the luggage.Everyone, evacuate now! ”
Immediately, passengers could see the smoke filled with light and hazy smoke, prompting them to jump out of their seats and head to the emergency exit to evacuate the plane’s wings to the runway.
“The cabin was filled with smoke and we climbed out on the wings,” said passenger Sean O’Conor as he recorded the evacuation video. “It seems everyone is safe.”
According to one passenger on the plane, no guidance or guidance from the AA cabin crew members were provided, however, when they heard the order to leave the plane immediately, the passengers instinctively knew what to do.
Carrying luggage on hand, Video recordings taken by passengers The people she stepped onto the airport runway safely showed more passengers calmed the plane alone, walked into the wings, and then jumped off the wings without any emergency personnel assistance.
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Passengers expressed disappointment about American Airlines’ lack of response to the incident
The FAA investigates the cause of the “mechanical problem” that fills the smoke, but the passengers are
They were inadequate in response to the incident.
“I’m a little disappointed with American Airlines. No representative. No one reached out. No one was in the terminal. No explanation. No apology. No compensation.”
When the news media contacted the airline, they replied that it indicated that the evacuation was needed because the plane experienced “mechanical problems.” However, in the statement, the airline once had no information about a smoke-filled cabin, nor did it lack the help of crew members or airport emergency personnel to help passengers evacuate the plane and wings safely.
This is the second “smoke-filled cabin” incident for passenger airlines in less than two months. Monday, February 24,
Columbia, South Carolina, experienced a big panic after the smoke immediately swallowed the cabin on Monday.
Flight 875 left at 8:30 a.m. ET and began filling the cabin with 94 passengers and five crew members, prompting the crew to report the incident and flew the plane to Atlanta for emergency landing.
The incident has also happened since January 1, following dozens of recent aviation incidents and disasters, leading passengers to question whether the flight is still safe.