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Re: Window shutters
I understood that shutters are up for take off and landing so that passengers and crew can see outside in the event of an emergency. If you see flames on one side of the aircraft it would make sense to not open the exit(s) on that side.
I thought this very thing happened in Toronto with the Air France accident last August. Passengers saw the flames and made for the safer exits.