🇦🇺 Australia 8h ago · Gwyn Topham in Rio de Janeiro

Air passengers ‘risking lives by grabbing bags and filming in emergencies’

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Air passengers ‘risking lives by grabbing bags and filming in emergencies’
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Fines may be needed to deter travellers from retrieving hand luggage, says official from airlines body IataBusiness live – latest updatesAir passengers are increasingly putting lives at risk by filming emergencies and retrieving bags instead of evacuating planes, industry experts have said, with some suggesting fines could be needed.Passenger aircraft are designed to be fully evacuated in 90 seconds in an emergency – but people reaching for hand luggage can significantly increase that time, bloc

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