{"id":302982,"date":"2018-09-20T05:27:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302982"},"modified":"2018-09-20T05:27:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:27:10","slug":"jet-flight-returns-to-mumbai-as-passengers-bleed-after-cabin-pressure-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jet-flight-returns-to-mumbai-as-passengers-bleed-after-cabin-pressure-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Flight returns to Mumbai as passengers bleed after cabin pressure loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/jet-flight-returns-to-mumbai-as-passengers-bleed-after-cabin-pressure-loss\/jetairways\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302983\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-302983 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jetairways-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/jetairways-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/jetairways-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/jetairways-696x571.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/jetairways-512x420.jpg 512w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/jetairways.jpg 1019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>A Jet Airways flight 9W 697 with 166 passengers from Mumbai to Jaipur had to turn back shortly after take-off on Thursday morning, allegedly over a strange mistake by the crew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Over 30 passengers had suffered ear and nose-bleed as the crew forgot to select a switch that helps maintain cabin air pressure during take-off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe 9W 697 Mumbai-Jaipur flight was turned back to Mumbai after take-off as crew forgot to select switch to maintain cabin pressure. This resulted in the oxygen masks dropping. Thirty out of 166 passengers experienced nose and ear bleeding, many passengers also complained of headache,\u201d Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The passengers are being treated by doctors at Mumbai airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A Jet Airways spokesperson said, &#8220;All passengers were deplaned safely and taken to the terminal. First aid was administered to some guests who complained of ear pain, bleeding nose.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the airline, it will arrange alternate flights for the passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jet Airways flight 9W 697 with 166 passengers from Mumbai to Jaipur had to turn back shortly after take-off on Thursday morning, allegedly over a strange mistake by the crew. Over 30 passengers had suffered ear and nose-bleed as the crew forgot to select a switch that helps maintain cabin air pressure during take-off. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":302983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,2014,2026],"tags":[2951,5156,5155,4986],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302985,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302982\/revisions\/302985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/302983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}