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Jet Airways Cabin Pressure Lapse: Mumbai-Jaipur Flight Passenger Suffers Permanent Hearing Loss
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Mukesh Sharma, a passenger in Jet Airways’ Mumbai-Jaipur flight on 20 September, has been diagnosed with a permanent hearing loss. 30 out of 166 passengers of the Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffered a headache, nose and ear bleeding after the pilots forgot to turn on the system which maintains cabin pressure, reports Hindustan Times.
Sharma is a PhD researcher from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He suffered from ear bleeding in the flight and underwent an audiometry test on 12 November in a Jaipur hospital where he was diagnosed with a permanent hearing loss.
Sharma has discontinued his job as a professor due to the accident and his personal problems “I have been stressed due to the incident and missed the opportunity to apply at the university. I am taking up a post at Ajmer University as a chemistry professor for now.”
The doctors have recommended him to undergo a cochlear implant, which shall be a permanent solution to the problem, else the situation will only get worse with age.
Ankur Kala, a businessman who was another passenger on the flight, has said that he is in the process to file a case against Jet Airways in Consumer Courts for causing mental stress and physiological damage.
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