Legal Flyer:
(2) how did the plane end up down wind of the fire, and how did the starboard doors get opened (in each case post the Manchester fire AAIB recommendations?
If you read the AAIB report, you will note there was some degree of delay and ambiguity in communications between ground and flight deck. The was a delay in the inital 'smoke' report ( from a ground vehicle (callsign 'Ranger One'! No relation
)) - further reports spoke only of smoke, not fire. At no time did the FD see any fire indication from the aircraft systems.
The instruction from the fire crew to evacuate was actioned at once; a subsequent 'port side only evac' call came too late, after evac was in progress.
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