Originally Posted by gofer
Having just got the link to the press article, read it and discounted journospeak, if it really took 30 mins to get the firemen onto the plane to take the wheelchair PAX out....
1) Lousy communications between cabin crew and rescue teams
2) Poor ground management - you always count noses in emergencies
gofer
I would suspect that it was established in far less than 30 minutes that there was no danger of fire and it was decided to arrange a safe exit for said passenger rather than hurl him down an escape slide. Hence the 30 minute wait would have been for a lift rather than for a firefighter.
Of course I could be wrong.