Emergency at EGBB
 

Precautionary evacuation at Birmingham today 16:30Z , runway blocked temporarily I guess? did not get flight number no reports of any injuries, heavy showers just passed - well done guys n gals.

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all ive heard is that it was a BA aircraft which had smoke in the flightdeck

Could have been nasty.

Well done to the crew concerned.
Anyone know what type of evacuation?? Slides etc?

It was an Embraer 145, possibly 'BRT456' which was routing Glasgow to Southampton

WNC

It was BA7866 gla to sou
smoke in the flightdeck drifting through into the cabin, diverted to
bhx reapid disembarkation on the runway all unhurt thankfully

There is only one guy I would want on the flightdeck in an EMB145 emergency, Niels Briene. King of the 145.

I was on one of their EMB-145s last week (G-ERJC) when the nose gear doors opened in the cruise! No big deal and we continued on to Brum at reduced speed, which gave me time for a second bottle of wine. Still, with these and others, BRT do seem to have had their fair share of niggling little problems with the 145s in the past year.