GoAir passenger tried to open exit door mid-air thinking it was washroom door
Patna : The passengers on a New Delhi-Patna GoAir Flight G8 149 faced a piquant situation on September 22 when a man in his twenties tried to open the exit door even though the plane was mid-air. The passenger had mistaken the exit door for the washroom door.
No one paid any attention when the man got up from his seat and walked towards the rear of the plane. However, as soon as passengers saw him opening the door, they yelled in panic and called the cabin crew. The cabin crew also rushed in and all of them finally managed to stop him.
The person was kept under watch during the entire flight duration and later handed over Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) once the flight landed in Patna. The CISF personnel later handed him over to the Airport police station in Patna.
Patna Airport police station house officer (SHO) Mohammad Sanowar Khan told India Today that the passenger confessed having committed the "mistake."
"The youth from Patna, who works for a private bank in Ajmer, was a first-time flier. We have investigated the entire episode. He tried to open the emergency exit, mistaking it for the washroom door. It momentarily created some panic mid-air. He apologised when he realised his mistake," the SHO added. The Patna police later released him after making him sign a personal bond.
While aircraft engineers claim that the doors of an airborne airplane cannot be opened because of air-pressure, a mere attempt to do it created panic among the passengers.
courtesy : indiatoday.in
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
