(USATODAY) -- In a scary pre-flight turn of events, Air India flight attendant Harsha Lobo fell out of a plane before it was set to take off.
Lobo, 53, was seriously injured when she fell from the plane while closing the back door of a Boeing 777 as AI Flight 864 prepared to depart Mumbai for New Delhi, senior airline manager Pravin Bhatnagar told the Agence France Press wire service.
According to Boeing technical manuals, depending on the model, the aft door on a 777 can be between 17½ to 18 feet off the ground. (For comparison's sake, that's a little more than half the height of the highest Olympic diving platform.)