Originally Posted by
Deaf
As in the MEL incident the important thing is to wait for the media to show the heroic, competent method of dealing with the situation. If a few people are killed so what
Just as is MEL as I said then
Yep, even though there may be only a very remote chance that the threat is real, the mere fact that they decide to park the aeroplane in an isolated area should be enough reason to get the pax off as quickly as possible. If there was zero risk, they would return to the terminal.
Not saying that they need to hurl passengers down the slides (which inevitably injures some) but surely policy shoud be to get them out immediately and move them away?
What happens when a bomb threat is received in an office, or shopping mall, or a passenger terminal? We evacuate first, often heading for a nominated assembly point.
In this case it appears that old mate the crazy one was not armed, so in no position to prevent pax leaving. In any case, surely among a couple of hundred anxious people, a few would have shoved him out of the way, had the order been given to leave.
Or was he threatening to pull the trigger on something unseen if they did leave?