Originally Posted by
givemewings
Right, so until that point you would expect they'd have been ready and waiting as the situation was an unknown, return to field with possible control issues.
Generally after an initial activation I've not seen fire service pack up until the aircraft has rolled out and been confirmed ok... Do they have a different method of escalation/emergency activation for arff in Russia?
I won't argue with you as our prosecutors and/or Rosaviatsia (Russian FAA) will consider everything in detail and report in due time.
For me as a layman that Q and A between the pilot and the ATC was clearly about
: "Do you need the ARFF?" - "No".