Pilots Forget to Pressurize Cabin, Causing Some Flyers to Bleed
- Some passengers aboard Jet Airways flight suffer nose bleeding
- Indian carrier takes pilots off duty pending investigation
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Pilots operating a Jet Airways India Ltd. flight on Thursday forgot to turn on a switch that maintains optimal pressure in the cabin during ascent, causing injuries to some aboard.
About 30 of the 166 passengers aboard the Boeing Co. 737 aircraft from Mumbai to Jaipur suffered bleeding in their noses, and a few in their ears, forcing the plane to return, according to a statement from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in New Delhi. The carrier said it has taken the cockpit crew off duty pending an investigation into the incident.