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Updated: September 22, 2018 10:16:28
A spokeswoman for Jet Airways said that flight 9W 234 had returned to Amsterdam because of a "suspected scratch on takeoff."
A day after the return of a Jet Airways aircraft to Mumbai to land urgently after a pressure drop in the cabin had caused nasal bleeding and pain in at least 30 passengers, the One of the wounded continued to cough on Friday. It was despite his exit from the hospital.
"His head and ears are constantly painful. We plan to have him undergo a CT scan and an MRI of the brain. The low cab pressure affects him a lot as he travels from Hong Kong and has been in transit for over 24 hours without sleeping, "said Vikram Kala, the passenger's brother Ankur Kala (38).
"We are now planning to register a police complaint against Jet Airways for negligence," he added.
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Ankur arrived in Bombay Thursday from Hong Kong, where he participated in a jewelry exhibition. He took the flight to Jaipur at 6:15.
In the ensuing 20 minutes, he claimed that the oxygen masks had fallen out of the baggage compartment and the pressure in the cabin had decreased. Kala was one of five wounded who were transported to Nanavati Hospital on Thursday after his nose began to bleed into the oxygen mask.
Twenty-five others, who had nosebleeds and nosebleeds, were taken to Jaipur on the next flight.
The pressure loss was due to a manual problem after the cabin crew did not put the purge switch to normalize the pressure at a higher altitude. Those on board suffered from barotrauma, a condition in which the pressure of the ear is different from the pressure of the outside air. "It will take a few days for the situation to normalize for patients. There was tremendous pressure on their eardrums, which we call Baro-otitis media. This led to bleeding. But none of them is critical, "said ENT surgeon Dr. Amol Patil, who treated the five patients at Nanavati Hospital.
Vashi resident Satish Nair, who was also in the flight, said he was waiting for the probe report. "I do not know how much compensation we can receive. However, I plan to wait for the preliminary investigation report and then act. " Nair complained about the lack of medical facilities at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and the airline's failure to help the injured passengers.
Meanwhile, after Thursday's incident, passengers who booked with the airline are concerned.
Anil Sharma, a writer traveling on September 29 with his family from Jaipur to Mumbai, said, "I am a little worried because I am traveling with my family. What should I do, should I cancel my ticket? I will also lose money if I cancel the tickets. "
Sharma spent Rs 40,000 to book airline tickets with Jet Airways.
His mother, 88, suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sharma's doctor suggested that they carry a nebulizer just in case of pressure change in the cabin. "The doctor said that she would be the first to be affected if something like that happened."
Sandhya, a Bangalore-based sales manager who flew on Friday for Jet Airways from Chennai to Bangalore, is a frequent flyer. "What happened on Thursday was negligence. This was not a technical problem. This thought is worrying, "she said.
Sandhya added that for a few months, she will avoid booking flights with the airline, which she uses to visit Dhaka, Hyderabad and Chennai.
A senior Jet Airways official said that passengers who sustained injuries will be duly compensated after the probe report is released.
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