Really IanW? That's easy to say sitting here now knowing with 20/20 hindsight the Jet didn't go boom.....
At the time sitting there for THREE long minutes it must have been excruciating........just wondering if the RFF could get that big Fire under control, especially knowing there was a safe escape route on the left and at the very worst a few Pax would probably get sprained ankles off the slide......but would live.
They were either very brave or very reckless.........
Big gamble to make with other people's lives. IMHO