DGCA final report is out. Avherald synopsis:
Accident: Jet Airways B738 at Mumbai on Aug 27th 2010, evacuation during taxi leads to injuries
- Two off-duty CC deadheading call flight deck on intercom and report fire on left hand donk.
- Tower tells flight crew no fire.
- No abnormal indications in the cockpit.
- Purser who happens to be married to one of the off-duty CC who reported the fire also confirms fire to flight deck
PIC criticised by DGCA for ordering evacuation. FO criticised for not suggesting to shut the engine down and return to the gate on single engine.
It turns out both deadheaders were interpreting the red glow from the anti-collision lights as the presence of fire and the purser checked from a window from which it is not possible to see the engine
but as PIC with the information available at the time would you have given the order to evacuate?