Originally Posted by Oakape View Post
I remember watching a video years ago during an EP's course, of an aircraft with a brake fire after landing.
Would that be the imfamous Airbus A340 certification trial video? They sat there surrounded by firemen waiting the mandatory 5 minutes and watching as the u/c slowly burned higher and higher until eventually the super-cool test-pilots' tone of voice went up an octave as they realised they had a proper fire on their hands (or rather under their arses) and an evacuation was required but the muppets on the ground hadn't provided any stairs. The urgency in their voices is clear to hear. And that was a fire a fraction the size of this one with fire crews in droves surrounding the aircraft from the start.
The failure of Toulouse's inept fire crews to obtain more than a trickle of water when finally required added to the farcical atmosphere, as did the antics of various firemen surprised by bursting tyres. As they say in France, "Quel bordel!"
If test pilots evacuated in an adrenaline filled hurry for that, comparatively minor and very early-days fire I think it tells us something about the whens and whys of an evac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUMuOyMTQ8Y