Several recent problems
with safety have occurred in the Mongolian aviation sector, but Civil
Aviation Authority of Mongolia administrators have allegedly hidden them
according to Unuudur Newspaper. On Sunday, October 6, an SAAB-340
airplane of Eznis Airways took off at 6:30 p.m. in route of
Ulaanbaatar-Dornod but landed after 30 minutes due to a problem with a
propeller. Two passengers gave a short interview about the flight.
-You were passengers of a Ulaanbaatar-Dornod flight on Eznis Airways on October 6. Exactly what fault occurred?
-Prior
to taking off, the flight was delayed twice, which caused a big
inconvenience for passengers. We were actually scheduled to take off at
1:30 p.m. according to the official schedule. But it was announced that
the flight was delayed until 3:30 p.m., as the airplane hadn’t arrived
in time due to bad weather. After a while, the flight was delayed once
again to 6:30 p.m. We waited again and finally took off around 7 p.m.
But the pilot said the airplane was faulty after around 30 minutes of
flying.
-How did he explain the fault?
-I presume a
part of one of the plane’s propellers was on fire, as flames were
coming out of the left propeller during the flight. The airplane itself
wasn’t stable. The light in the passenger cabin was cut and passengers
couldn’t even move or make a sound for extreme fright.
-Did it land instantly?
-
It felt like the airplane stopped in midair. The pilot carefully turned
the airplane to Ulaanbaatar and landed. It seemed to take a long time
to get back. Fortunately, our pilot was highly experienced in his job
and we landed safely.
-You say passengers were very frightened. Did the pilot or flight attendants calm you down?
-As
soon as the airplane landed, one of the flight attendants said, “What
has just happened? A fire was coming from propeller. In my case, I will
never get on this airplane again.” Flight attendants are responsible for
calming down passengers, but some of these flight attendants were
acting so unprofessionally and fulfilled their duty poorly.
-How many passengers were there in the airplane?
-There
were 18 of us. When the passengers switched airplanes and were
preparing to head to Dornod Province, three of us even returned our
tickets for fear that the same thing might happen again. All of the
passengers were so afraid. Though a doctor came to us after landing, the
doctor didn’t check on us. After complaining about it repeatedly, the
doctor barely checked passengers and went away.
-Did Eznis Airways officially apologize to passengers?
-Even
Eznis Airways and flight officials were not concerned about us. It is
quite typical for them to be careless when it comes to domestic flights.
Source:
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn
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