Emirates Airlines crew member jumps from emergency door
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one of the crew members of an emirates airlines aircraft due to depart ugandas entebbe international airport has sustained life threatening injuries after jumping off the emergency door1 the flight ek 730 had just delivered passengers to entebbe on wednesday and was preparing to load others passengers for dubai when the incident happened1 a source at the airport said that the yet-to-be-identified crew member was immediately evacuated and taken to hospital with life threatening injuries1 the exact cause of the incident was not yet clear but some eye witnesses cited possible suicide1 she had been seen holding what looked like a glass bottle under her chin before she made the fall1 witnesses said they had seen her in a verbal exchange with colleagues as they boarded the plane1 when contacted mr vianney luggya the principal public affairs officer at the civil aviation authority confirmed the incident1 in a press statement civil aviation authority said the crew opened the emergency door and unfortunately fell off without explaining how1