Originally Posted by
parabellum
Probably powered from the hot battery bus, no engine or APU requirement, any engineers out there?
Regarding the Las Vegas evacuation, judging by the number of pax walking away with their carry-on baggage, just how well controlled was that evacuation? Since the engine catastophically failed the crew were never in any doubt about the seriousness of the event, were they?
Far too many people here ready to ignore all available information and evacuate regardless, thereby possibly increasing the danger to their passengers, even more disturbing is their utter contempt for any one who suggests otherwise, pending examination of the facts. Had the fire breached the cabin then no doubt, the CC would have initiated an evacuation if the captain didn't, as they are trained to do.
For those so ready to condem SQ I suggest you maybe ignoring the other major carriers records;
Lufthansa
British Airways
Air France
Just to name a few, (and two of which are on my 'No Fly' list.)
All available information? Are you kidding? The whole wing was ablaze. The cc should have told them. The tower would have told them. The rfc would have told them (still a minute out). And they have a camera view from the vs camera. Indeed a member of the fc could have walked back and taken a look (now there's an idea!) How much "available information" does one need before evacuating when your right wing is ablaze?