after "Crashing", and flipping around the runway, the CC contacted the pilots, re-evac, and were told to wait??
Who were these 'Muppets' upfront?
Crew following procedures / training / trying to assess situation.
Yes, 90s is a long time, but I doubt these guys were thinking 100% straight. They'd just been thrown about the cockpit, clearly shocked and confused, and the last thing you want to do is evacuate passengers into running engines.
NTSB briefing summed it up well as does post above.
In operator I work for, and I presume most, remember when the situation is clearly catastrophic / dire, the CC can evacuate on their own initiative.
One criteria to be considered is only evacuating for a "confirmed, unextinquished" fire. That often requires external information - when they got that the evac went ahead.
So yes, I am sure whatever happened could be better with 20:20 hindsight. But not sure I'd be calling them "Muppets"...