Question from SLF, if you don't mind:
With reference to the slide being blown underneath the aircraft, as reported by another poster, is this something that happens often?
I'm wondering if the wind was particularly strong; if so then it was very fortunate that the plane was facing the way it was, so that the fire and heat were channelled away from the cabin.
I don't know if this was deliberate on the part of the crew, in terms of turning the plane relative to the wind before stopping?
In which case a slide being blown under is, I suppose, the lesser of two evils?
Last edited by susier; 28th May 2016 at 07:34.