Injured passengers of Jet Airways, leaves the Nanavati hospital after being treated, in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Mumbai: A Jaipur-bound Jet Airways flight returned to Mumbai on Wednesday after several passengers suffered nasal and ear bleeding. According to the DGCA officials, the incident occurred after the flight crew forgot to select a switch which maintained the cabin pressure.

An airline expert said, the crew missed out a routine check and emergency system (oxygen masks) worked as intended. This incident is just a negligence of the crew and the crew should be punished. I have not heard of any such incidents where such checks were frequently skipped.

Mr Sachin an aviation expert, ‘’every company has a protocol when the cabin pressure builds and all the airlines follow the same protocol when it comes to such incidents. DGCA suggests securing yourself first and telling everybody to fasten-seatbelts and using the oxygen masks and even captain announce this. When the aircrafts announce to a safer level like below 10,000 ft and then the crew gets up with their oxygen bottles and check the passengers.”