Classjazz,
What do you know about the "fire at STN?"
This incident was caused by a bearing failure which resulted in smokey oil being vented thru the engine. The captain was a highly experienced ex KLM UK pilot and he and his crew handled the emergency with skill and professionalism. The subsequent evacuation which was recommended by the STN fire chief was carried out well within the mandated timeframe. The only point that may be of interest to pilots is that when the chief recommended the evacuation and both start levers were placed to cutoff, COMM box 2 went off due to the a/c now being in SBY power. The chiefs next comment of, "Evacuate port side only" was never heard by the flight deck crew. That is why some pax were redirected into the a/c at the starboard overwing exits by the fire crew. The other overwing exits were surrounded by smoke that was drifting under the fuselage and that is why those exits were not used either.
Nobody was injured and the plane flew again a couple of days later!
Is this not a successful outcome classjazz? It is in my book.
PS The fire chief must have also learnt a valuable lesson too, dont recommend an evac when you are standing just under a door!