Slides and Fire
The YT of the 37 fire in Okinawa posted several times on this thread offers several observations:
- The slides do not ignite easily
Note the starboard rear slide remains inflated adjacent to the flaming fuel pool until well after fuselage collapse.
- The flaming fuel pool at the beginning of the evacuation is a mere fraction of the size it reaches after evacuation has been completed.
- Slides on both sides were used. Again the small extent of the fire early on allowed this whereas later on at least two exits were compromised.
- All pax and crew were mobile after taking a slide.
- Many pax had no idea where to go and quite a few headed into unappreciated hazard areas.
- Waiting for clearance from the fire crew before initiating evacuation in this case would have resulted in many fatalities.
Last edited by RatherBeFlying; 3rd Jul 2016 at 23:31.