Originally Posted by
de fumo in flammam
Not sure about the 777, but on some types, opening the window and sticking your head/body well outside gives a good view of wing and engines, and to some extent, the gear. In the event of a suspected external fire, I would generally do that.
Amazing! We got to post 120 before somebody made this suggestion! Cameras, cabin crew, ATC. Just open the window and look outside! Even if you can’t see the whole engine, you would see the smoke.
I leave it to the investigators to count seconds. They are good at that. How long did it take to get to the numbers they found?
The main error in this case was the captains evacuation order before the engines were shut down. The read and do procedure should have prevented this. He was very lucky nobody got killed because of this error.