Some exception include Air Canada Flight 797 , where the investigative Board found that the flight attendant in charge 's " misleading " reports about the fire " influenced the captain 's decision to delay the initiation of a descent " and that such " delay increased the time for the fire to propagate and the time that passengers were exposed to the toxic environment before the airplane could be evacuated . " The accident killed 23 passengers ; none of the flight attendants sustained any injuries . Chief Flight Attendant Sergio Benetti was the first to open the front door of the aircraft , and escaped out that way , leaving all passengers and other crew behind
Air Canada Flight 797
Air Canada Flight 797
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