Originally Posted by
Methersgate
I think that sums it up very well.
Minimbah's photos (post no. 640) reinforce PT6Driver's points. That fire was getting through aluminium sheet very fast.
Exactly. This was a no-brainer, and I fail to understand those sitting on the fence. ATC must have said your #2 is on fire. The fire crew was a minute plus out and going in the opposite direction. They could not have added any pertinent info in the first minute. The crew have a wing camera. The cabin crew would surely have told them that the whole right wing was ablaze. The LHS was safe as we have seen from photos. So tell me why they did not evac?
Sorry, there are no excuses here.