re fire service already waiting ----
another post here states that the AFS were already going out to another job and were immediately diverted to the landing SQ 777 which had just caught fire as it rolled out and they chased it as it as it was slowing
but note they were spraying foam on target within 1 min 07 secs of the aircraft coming to a full stop
at 1 min 14 secs a second foam appliance starts spraying
and at 2 min 45 sec a third one sprays rather much more effectively from behind the wing and at just under 3 mins the fire is still alight albeit much smaller & seemingly getting under control - however at this point everyone could have been off down the left chutes
had the AFS NOT been well on their way already to 777 as she was slowing to a stop and were another minute longer then the huge fire pooling under the aircraft in my opinion would have seen a very different outcome - pure luck the fire service was already on a shout and were half way to the runway as they were called to attend the 777
if they had had to wait for the fire crews and engines to be readied and started up and leave the fire station then the 777 would have been well on fire by the time they had got there
the SQ crew had given a negative reply on descent to ATC if they wanted the emergency services waiting for their the return to Changi
Last edited by rog747; 30th Jun 2016 at 14:36.