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Paddle Your Own KanooMateusz Maszczynski

British Airways incident: crewman accidentally activates Boeing 777 emergency slide on second day, delaying Heathrow–Dulles depa

A brand-new British Airways flight attendant, on his second day of work, accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on a Boeing 777-200 ahead of a London Heathrow–Washington Dulles flight. The incident forced a six-hour delay to the transatlantic departure on Saturday afternoon.

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