RE: EasyJet pilot falls from aircraft at Edinburgh !!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-02-03 AT 06:15 PM (GMT)]An awful scenario-I saw this happen twice during my career in aviation. The first time was in the early 80’s at Luton when an engineer fell from the rear door of a Boeing 720B, someone had removed the rear steps without advising those in the cabin and had failed to put the safety strap across the open doorway, the poor man fell out backwards, thankfully he recovered. The second time was at Stansted in the mid 90’s when I was ramping the aircraft on the next stand to an UKL B737 when the No1 slipped on the fwd door sill and fell down the gap as the steps were being removed, I remember that it was a very windy day and two of their cabin crew were attempting to close the door-again luckily she recovered. Salutory reminders I guess that aviation/airports can be dangerous environments
Keep the Ilyushins flying!
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