Originally Posted by
Pickuptruck
I would suspect it was supposed to be a precautionary evacuation via the slides since it would take too long to taxi to the gate or get stairs to the plane. But the method of use of the slides got lost in translation and it became an emergency evac. The industry doesn’t put enough training into communication between the flight and cabin crew.
Passenger on the news said the captain said evacuate evacuate over the pa so I doubt it was precautionary.