Originally Posted by
skadi
I am still convinced that he didn't know that there was a fire in the back
I'm wondering the same, as it also wasn't in the distress call it seems.
I find it hard to believe that anyone, who knows that they have an uncontained fire on board, would not elect to land immediately.
I've had 1 baggage bay and 3 engine fire warnings in my time, all of them proved to be false indications. All of them had no secondary indications, and had we continued to follow the checklist, three would have resulted in a ditching. The "confirm the fire" part of the checklist is perhaps not given the consideration it deserves, and usually offers no guidance as to what to do if you cannot confirm the fire at that time.