Cabin crew understanding of shallow descent angle
Date issue released
Safety Issue Description

Some cabin crew-members did not have an appropriate understanding of the aircraft's emergency descent profile, leading to misapprehensions regarding the significance of the situation.

Issue number
AO-2008-053-SI-04
Transport Function
Aviation: Air transport
Issue Owner
Qantas Airways
Mode of Transport
Aviation
Issue Status Justification

Training material has been enhanced.

Proactive action
Action number
AO-2008-053-NSA-093
Organisation
Qantas Airways
Action date
Action Status
Closed
Action description

The operator advised the ATSB that material used during emergency procedures training has been enhanced to improve awareness of likely emergency descent profiles.

ATSB Response

Accepted