Unrecognized terminology leads confused passengers to activate escape slides on an A320.
An unfamiliar instruction from the captain prompted passengers in exit rows to initiate the emergency evacuation of an Airbus A320 via its overwing escape slides instead of joining in an orderly but speedy disembarkation through the doors, as the captain intended, according to a report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit of Ireland (AAIU).
Some of the passengers on an Airbus A320 misunderstood the captainās directive to ādisembark ā¦…
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