Originally Posted by
Shackman
Intrigued to see all the crash wagons stopped downwind of the aircraft and proceeded to spray foam at the burning(!) wreckage - thus covering themselves more than the aircraft. At least the crew ran away into wind.
Good idea not to go to the upwind side where the pilot was, and as far as they know possibly another person. I'm sure most airport firefighters are aware of the Asiana incident. Also, there may have been fuel sprayed on the downwind side we can't tell. They still got foam over the aircraft anyway.
Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
The crash tenders began to move one minute after the crash and started spraying foam at one and a half minutes. Must do better next time.
You can't be serious. A one minute response time is about as fast as you can get and I speak from experience. What do you think they do? Sit in the vehicles all day wth their firefighting gear on waiting for an incident?