some pax on flight have commented on AVherald - most seem credible - not all pax are stupid or hysterical
the 753 was lining up for take off - Capt announced C/C prepare for take off
there was a bang and smoke filled cabin - cabin lights were off (night take off) but smoke seen clearly through reading lights that were on
another quote from pax in seat 26F (over-wing exit -
one of 4 - there are 2 each side on the 757-300 and double lane slides inflate from aft of the wing on opening of the hatches)
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After a long taxi there was a bang from below followed by some smoke entering the cabin the cabin lights were off but you could see the smoke around some of the reading lights that were on, there was also a smell..it was silent until around 15-20 seconds later when the captain made an announcement to prepare for take off.. that's when all hell broke loose! People screaming,"Smoke in the cabin", "Fire",
soon after the captain brought the plane to a halt and announced "Evacuate" 3 times. I had a passenger a few rows back on the other side screaming at me to open the door (over-wing exit) - I did this easily as I had read the instructions previously -
I threw the door out onto the wing and leapt out walking up the wing as I expected a rush of people but there wasn't! I guess people didn't fancy going onto a plane wing full of fuel? I eventually found the slide & went down it...I was calm as I really didn't believe it was a real emergency as the smoke didn't get any worse in the cabin
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the 757-300 is a very long beast inside the cabin and I have wondered what an EVAC would be like - there are plenty of exits both full sized doors 4 each side and 4 over wing exits but it is a potentially a claustrophobic a/c and in semi darkness one can only imagine if there was smoke and burning smells.
in this cabin photo
https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/jp...57-300-13w.jpg
the are another 10 rows behind you aft of doors 3L/R to doors 4L/R
and another 10 rows forward you cannot see beyond the bulkhead at doors 2L/R upto doors 1L/R
you can clearly see 26F one of the four midships over wing exits - see the 4 lights midships 2 on each side
sounds like EVAC command was given and pax by the window exits started (correctly) to go
BTW there is NO forward over-wing door - it is a window hatch that has to be opened by a pax and chucked out
edit
this is from another passenger
This plane was delayed over 4hrs then we had to do an emergency evacuation by slides this could have been controlled better if people didn't think to take pictures or videos on their phones and light up cigarettes by the aircraft on a live runway
As for the crew they did do a good job and tell passengers to stay away from the plane and be sensible but as they are only human too and probably only experience this in exercise. This was the real thing and there was passengers who thought it OK to disrespect the crew and the Egyptian people. This plane was put out of service while we were transferred to a hotel while they could sort an alternative plane which flew in from Germany. G-jmog was left in hurghada out of service
I'd just like to thank the crew and hurghada airport for how they dealt with this situation and the support staff which were also flown in to fly back with us for support