Members of the Royal Jordanian Airlines crew narrated the secrets of flight No. 6101, which lasted 17 hours flying from the Chinese city of Wuhan to the Jordanian capital Amman, which evacuated Jordanian and Arab citizens after the spread of the Corona virus, which spread terror in the world.
Captain Tayyar Karol Rabadi, the captain of the plane that carried more than 70 passengers, most of them Jordanians, along with her co-pilot, Ghazi Jabreen, said that the airline had given them the option to go on the flight and did not force them to the mission.
"I accepted to fly the plane ... Imagine that you have a brother or son in this area, can you give him up or leave him," Rabadi said.
And she explained that the company explained to them the nature of the situation and what are the necessary procedures in each stage of the journey, whether before arriving at Wuhan from Thailand, the station where the plane stopped before Wuhan or during the return flight after the boarding of the passengers, which took about 17 hours.
Concerning her fears of this epidemic, Rabadi said in a press report published by the Jordanian newspaper "Al-Ghad" "for everything logic, and taking the precautions stipulated and required by both health organizations or aviation organizations locally and internationally in such cases reduces the risks significantly."
It showed that all these precautions were explained to them, and they were provided with all safety and personal and health protection requirements, such as sterilizers, protective masks and protective medical uniforms for the crew.
According to the instructions of the Aviation Authority, the passengers were evacuated in a specific way, and their own toilets were also identified, and the crew were prepared and trained to deal with any suspected cases that appear during the long journey, confirming that all the checks carried out by the Chinese authorities at the airport before the passengers boarded the plane None of them have been infected with HIV until then.
Al-Rabadi indicated that this is the first time that she personally flew to this distance, noting that the Royal Boeing planes are the most capable of flying for these distances, as they are technically equipped with safety requirements for such cases, and therefore they were the most appropriate option for evacuating Jordanians.
Al-Rabadi described the feeling of Jordanians and Arabs after they boarded the plane that he could not be described.
It indicated that the plane was carrying 4 pilots, two co-pilots, 12 cabin crew, an engineer and an employee from the airport and medical services, as well as security personnel.
The official of the flight attendants on the plane, Ali Mubarak, said, "The feeling of the Jordanians upon their arrival of the plane is beyond description." He added, "Without the safety instructions and measures, we would have embraced them," pointing also to the gratitude of the passengers of the other nationalities who were evacuated.
He added that the crew of the plane received custom equipment such as custom masks other than the recognized medical, glasses, gloves and special sterilization preparations, in addition to the regular preparations and special medical clothing, noting that the friction with the passengers was at the minimum according to the instructions, and yet we tried our best not to make them feel that they "Untouchables" by reassuring them from time to time.
He said, "We had instructions to take specific measures, whether by dealing with passengers, where a distance of one meter was separated between the passenger and the other, as well as how to act in the event of any symptoms of any of them during the flight, where an isolation area was equipped on board the plane with the assistance of the medical staff accompanying it."
And that medical personnel were waiting for the plane on the ground of the airport, as soon as the plane arrived, to take necessary measures for all of those on board.
The Royal Jordanian Airlines said, "It carried out a thorough and thorough sterilization of its Boeing 787 aircraft, which returned from Wuhan to Amman (early Saturday morning) after evacuating the Jordanian and Arab citizens who were present in that city and returning them to the Kingdom."
The sterilization process affected all parts of the plane, its seats and various facilities, and the air conditioning and ventilation systems operating therein, and it was carried out by experienced experts in this field working in one of the local specialized companies.
The sterilization procedures went through three consecutive phases over more than two hours and based on the international principles and standards for sterilizing the aircraft and approved by the concerned civil aviation organizations and the Boeing aircraft manufacturer's protocol.