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Old 24th May 2018, 11:34
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Originally Posted by cactusbusdrvr
An evacuation would be the expected course of action in that situation. And informing the cabin crew that the rear doors should not be used would also be a normal call. I’ve been doing this job for a very long time now and I would not hesitate to evacuate. Plus, it’s really hard to taxi to the gate without a nose gear. ��
This is interesting. Just as a mental exercise: presumably they decided to evacuate because of the signs of fire in the FRONT part of the aircraft. Knowing that, would you still instruct the cabin crew not to evacuate from the back?
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