A British Airways crew member accidentally deployed an emergency slide on an Airbus A321 at Heathrow Airport in London, causing the plane to be taken out of service and delaying passengers for three hours. The airline apologized for the inconvenience and arranged a replacement aircraft. This isn't the first time a British Airways crew member has accidentally activated an emergency slide.
the emergency chute. A bumbling British Airways crew member cost the airline $122,000 after accidentally deploying a plane’s emergency slide .while recounting the epic gaffe, which occurred Monday aboard an Airbus A321 that was on the ground at Heathrow Airport in London.
The premature evacuation measure knocked the airplane out of service, forcing passengers to wait for three hours while the carrier located another aircraft to take them to their destination.British Airways representatives addressed the incident in a statement. This isn’t the first time a bungling British Airways crew member has accidentally released the chute.
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