Engine fire, EDI
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Re: Engine fire, EDI
Passengers on board a British Airways flight at Edinburgh Airport have had to use the plane's emergency escape shutes after a fire in an engine. The aircraft was taxi-ing to the main runway for takeoff when the incident occurred. The pilot of the plane - which was bound for London's city airport - shut down the engine and the fire was put out. One passenger described how he saw flames coming from a starboard engine. No one's been injured
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Its great how the passenger interviewed says "I wasn't for hanging around" and was first off the plane then complains that there was no-one outside directing him to move further away from the aircraft!
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"I suppose that was a bit of a risk, lots of passengers within 20m of a plane which had a report of engine on fire."
Can't believe there was no-one waiting at the steps to meet him. What did he expect? Complimentary vouchers for the bar or a limo and an apology? Well done to the crew, sounds like the evac went OK.
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I was talking to a passenger at the back of the plane this morning. Apparently, the rear chute failed to deploy and it took them over 10 minutes to evacuate the plane!
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Originally Posted by AlanM
Well done to the crew, sounds like the evac went OK.
Apparently, the rear chute failed to deploy and it took them over 10 minutes to evacuate the plane!
So...which of these is true?
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An evacuation does not automaticly follow an engine fire unless the fire fails to go out after the fire bottles are discharged into it. Who initiated the evacuation, the Captain... or Mr.Morton?
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Mr Morton:
Mr Morton's IQ?
Time to introduce a man with a red flag walking in front of taxying aeroplanes
Int EDI at 0825 out at 0850. Saw nothing.
'I was the first one off the plane."
"When we got down the chute there was no-one there to take us further away from the plane."
Time to introduce a man with a red flag walking in front of taxying aeroplanes
Int EDI at 0825 out at 0850. Saw nothing.
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Originally Posted by Seloco
Does a 146/RJ actually NEED chutes? Not far to jump, surely?!
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i believe it was BZAU
ive just been looking at my company manual after being told a version of events from quite a reliable source.if what i have been told is what actually happened,the crew are gonna have the book thrown at them and heads will more than likely roll
ive just been looking at my company manual after being told a version of events from quite a reliable source.if what i have been told is what actually happened,the crew are gonna have the book thrown at them and heads will more than likely roll
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Originally Posted by tiggerific_69
i believe it was BZAU
ive just been looking at my company manual after being told a version of events from quite a reliable source.if what i have been told is what actually happened,the crew are gonna have the book thrown at them and heads will more than likely roll
ive just been looking at my company manual after being told a version of events from quite a reliable source.if what i have been told is what actually happened,the crew are gonna have the book thrown at them and heads will more than likely roll