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Human error may have led to the door of a Pineapple Air plane \u201cflying open\u201d mid-flight last week, according to Hubert Adderley, manager at the Flight Standards Inspectorate.<\/p>\nHuman error may have led to the door of a Pineapple Air plane \u201cflying open\u201d mid-flight last week, according to Hubert Adderley, manager at the Flight Standards Inspectorate.<\/p>\n
Adderley said the Civil Aviation Department has nearly completed its investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
He said equipment malfunction was ruled out. \u201cWhen we checked the system, the doors were working properly,\u201d Adderley told The Nassau Guardian.<\/p>\n
When asked if the situation happened due to human error, he said: \u201cThat\u2019s pretty much the conclusion we were able to draw from this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still difficult to prove that someone left the door open or did not close it properly or that there was a malfunction. Everything worked the way it should.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if the department would penalize the airline, Adderley said no. \u201cWe don\u2019t penalize our people for an incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adderley previously told The Guardian that after the investigation was completed the airline may be asked to put extra precautions in place.<\/p>\n
The plane left Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) last Sunday afternoon en route to San Salvador but returned to the airport shortly afterward.<\/p>\n
A San Salvador resident who was on the flight, who wished to remain anonymous, said she was sitting two rows in front of the door, which reportedly opened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lady who was next to the luggage compartment door screamed and everybody looked back and that\u2019s when we realized that the door was actually open,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was exposed to the outside and the other two people who were seated next to her grabbed her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The passenger said the plane was flying over a lake at the time, which added to her fears. She said she began praying for the plane to land safely as some pieces of luggage fell out of the aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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