First-class passengers 'deplaned first' as BA Jumbo hits a building at Johannesburg
As always these days, it’s the tweets that make the news. A British Airways jumbo jet carrying 202 passengers and crew hit an office building at Johannesburg’s main airport after following the wrong taxiway prior to takeoff for London, injuring four people on the ground.
BA Jumbo hits a building
One tweeter remarked that its was notable that the first-class passengers were deplaned first.
“This wasn’t just a wing grazing the building, this was a huge incursion,” said Robert Mann, a consultant who formerly ran fleet management at American Airlines.
The four injured were later discharged from hospital following treatment.