United triple 7 in Paris CDG, any one knows what happened ?

[Charles.]

Heard of a United airlines 777 with slides inflated, passengers on the ground and firemen around today at Charles de Gaulle airport.

Does anyone have an idea of the facts ?

[Palyvestre]

Yes.. Fire on a tyre..

http://www.crash-aerien.com/www/news/article.php?id=7779&check=0

[woodpecker]

l'évacuation des passagers par les toboggans.

That's what it says on the link!!

[deltayankee]

For non French speakers, "toboggan" is just the standard word for "slide". You'd use it also for the slides in the park your kids play on. In the landing ritual of Air France the last call the FC makes to the CC on landing is "derniere virage, desarmer les toboggans" just as they swing into the gate.

[The Snake]

And why does AF 'desarmer les toboggans' during the last turn, and not at the gate? Is it perhaps to avoid inadvertently slide deployment with stairs/gate attached?

[Hand Solo]

Seems sensible. It's exactly what BA does too. Except we do it in English.

[scrunchthecat]

Hi - I'm not an airline professional, but je sais parler francais.

A United Airlines jet had to be evacuated just before takeoff at CDG after one of its tires lit on fire on the runway

The airplane, a Boeing 777-200 on its way from CDG to Dulles International, was lined up on the runway ready to leave around 11:30am local time when suddenly (warning lights came on?) and the crew ordered the evacuation of the passengers through the emergency exit slides.

The airplane was surrounded by emergency crews shortly thereafter and firemen put out the fire in the tires. The passengers were evacuated and transferred to the airport terminal. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Paris (France) - Un avion de la compagnie aérienne américaine United Airlines a du être évacué juste avant son décollage de l'aéroport international Roissy de Paris (France) après qu'un pneu de son train d'atterrissage ait pris feu sur la piste.

L'avion, un Boeing 777-200, vol UA915, qui devait effectuer la liaison entre l'aéroport international Roissy-Charles de Gaulle de Paris et l'aéroport international Dulles de Washington (District of Columbia) était aligné sur la piste, prêt au départ, vers 11h30, heure locale, lorsque brutalement, les lumières de l'appareil se sont éteintes et l'équipage a ordonné l'évacuation des passagers par les toboggans.

L'avion a été entouré par les équipes de secours quelques instants plus tard et les pompiers ont éteint un début d'incendie sur l'un des pneus du train d'atterrissage. Les passagers ont été évacués et transférés vers le terminal de l'aéroport. Les causes de l'incendie ne sont pas actuellement connues.

[maui]

Snake

Disarming is only a precaution and commonality of procedure, as on the 777 should you be silly enough to open an armed door from the outside, it will automatically disarm.

M

[TURIN]

Do United get their tyres from PIA?:E:ok: