Mumbai: A negligent act by a lab assistant with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), put at risk the lives of over a 100 fellow passengers on a Jet Airways Hyderabad-Mumbai flight.
Karan Hambir, who is attached to the TIFR's Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, was carrying bottles and boxes containing glycerine, potassium permagnate and other items in his kit. He was returning to Mumbai with three colleagues on Saturday evening after participating in a science exhibition in Andhra Pradesh.
The chemicals slipped out of his kit after it was was mishandled, filling the aircraft cabin with smoke soon after the plane landed in Mumbai. Hambir too suffered burns as he stamped his foot on the kit to contain the smoke. The incident took place at 6.40 pm.
06/03/06 Times of India
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