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6000PIC
A near perfect example of the 90 second evacuation time limit the authorities require for aircraft certification. Well handled. Curious how long it took CFR to get to the aircraft after the button was pushed. Nice to see no passengers were run over by the CFR vehicles as @ SF. Certainly a bit chaotic , but glad professionalism of the crew and others prevented loss of life. Congrats to BA crew to a job well done.
Listening to the recording, ATC had already pressed the crash alarm before the cockpit crew announced the evacuation to ATC and called for fire and rescue (which was also done in a very timely fashion). At which point you can already hear the EVAC wailer noise from the cockpit in the background.