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Old 3rd Aug 2016, 18:27
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by armchairpilot94116
Outstanding performance of cabin crew in this incident and the China Airlines Okinawa incident , with no loss of life among crew and passengers, point to Immediate EVAC as the correct response to fire on ground. No harm done in NOT evacuating in the SQ case does not mean it was the best course of action in view of Most Probable Outcome scenarios.
Just when we thought the SQ debate had run its course and there was nothing new that could usefully be added ...

Heaven forbid that the respective investigations - EK and SQ - should both conclude that the crew in question made the correct decision in the (significantly different) circumstances.
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