Nearly 40 passengers were offloaded after the female passenger accidentally opened the emergency door, which automatically deployed the exit slide.
A female Pakistan International Airlines passenger delayed a flight for hours last week after she accidentally opened an emergency exit door aboard a plane thinking it was the bathroom door.
The female passenger — whose identity has not been revealed — opened the L5 door at the rear of the aircraft because she believed it would lead to an adjacent bathroom, the spokesperson said. The incident occurred while the fasten seatbelt signs were active. All passengers aboard the flight have been confirmed safe in the incident.
"We regret the delay of PK771, which is an unfortunate consequence of the delay of PK702, caused due to a passenger opening the emergency door," the official PIA Twitter page said."We strongly urge passengers to follow security instructions as such mishaps result in inconvenience of hundreds of other passengers."The IndependentThe lost exit slide resulted in the aircraft losing its evacuation capacity.
Despite the airline's efforts, some offloaded passengers still complained about various elements of the ordeal, including that their baggage had been left in Manchester.pathetic service from pia. I am one of the 38 passengers who voluntarily off loaded from PK702 so it can fly to islamabad only on the condition that all 38 of us will get our luggage," one passenger tweeting under the handle @WaterLileee wrote.
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