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by Raoul Esperas for ABS-CBNnews.com
The emergency slide of a Boeing 767 plane of All Nippon Airways (ANA) was accidentally activated while the aircraft was parked at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 Thursday afternoon.
NAIA Terminal 3 manager Octavio “Bing” Lina, in an interview with ABS-CBN, confirmed the incident.
Lina said over 160 passengers of ANA flight 869 were disembarking at Gate 113 when a flight crew member accidentally pulled the safety pin of the emergency slide.
Lina said the emergency slide, located at the right tail end sector, was immediately deflated.
A replacement aircraft was dispatched by ANA to ferry the affected passengers whose flight was delayed for almost three hours.
The aircraft underwent routine safety inspection and flew back to Japan.
This article has been re-published with permission from ABS-CBNnews.com.
Photo: Raoul Esperas
