[bushbarbie]

An Emirates flight attendant died after tumbling from a plane's emergency exit on the tarmac in Uganda. The hostess, who was not named, died in hospital a day after the incident at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda on Wednesday afternoon.

Flight EK729 arrived in Entebbe about 2pm local time and was scheduled to head back to Dubai at 3.25pm, with passengers preparing to board.

The woman suffered serious head injuries that caused her death, with a gruesome photo showing her lying face down on the tarmac in a pool of blood.
Unnamed witnesses told local media she spoke with colleagues then held what looked like a glass bottle under her chin before jumping from the 60ft Boeing 777.

'Her knees were shattered and her body cut with broken glass from the bottle she jumped with,' one told the Daily Monitor.

Emirates said it was cooperating with the investigation, which is yet to officially determine the cause, and only referred to its employee falling from the door.

[bread&butter]

Jumping from a perfectly good airplane.

[FavaBeans]

Did she get sucked out or did she just wanted to walk off the job

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Did she Amin to do this?

[Watcher===]

You know how they treat their women out there. I'm surprised the extra stresses of life don't make more of them decide to leave early.

[vagabond]

Weird. Wonder what the bottle had to do with anything?

[Airboss]

It's only 15' 5" (4.69m) from the door threshold to the ground on a B777.

[booboo2718]

Thanks for flying Emirates today. Please watch your step as you leave the aircraft. That first step is a doozie!

[modus]

So sad!

[rotten79]

Mind the gap!