Originally published at: Ryan Air Passengers Hurt In Evacuation - AVweb
Those hurt jumped from wings after false fire alarm.
It appears as if people are a bit edgy, these days.
Lack of trust in the aircraft or maybe a bit fearful about staff/ crew competence in conducting a proper/ organized evacuation makes for an explosive mixture.
Must be the crazy times we live in…
Oh no, say it ain’t so. A passenger was hurt during evacuation? How could that happen? The horror of it all…
The FAA needs to add to the Safety Briefing Card and FA over wing briefing the specific instruction to follow the painted arrows and evacuate only off the trailing edge flaps. The videoes of Sully’s forced landing in thr Hudson set the example folks have followed about climbing out onto the wing in an evac. This is extremely dangerous as there’s nothing to grab to catch yourself if you begin to fall except another victim you take down with you as you fall the equivalent of falling out of a 2nd or 3rd story window.