Very impressive shots, Rob. Do you need to use a ladder at BRS to avoid the fence?

Glad you enjoyed your day. I did drive past the 08R road around lunchtime and it seemed surprisingly quiet. Still, at least you had good weather. 🙂

Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Eastern, bmi, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Jet2, Thomas Cook, Jet2, Jet2 …. you get the idea :diablo:

That’s like my latest experience at Gatwick, except the Jet2s were easyJets. So boring.:rolleyes:

Some nice shots there as well, Charlie. 🙂

Tom
The ATR is a bit different to most aircraft. The front two exits are type 3 exits, the small type you normally get overwing on bigger aircraft. No slides on an ATR as they are so low to the ground anyway. Yes you would normally expect just the side not on fire to be used but it depends on what the cabin crew saw and how they viewed it at the time. The pax initially did move to the front of the aircraft from these exits. That may well have been the best option rather than hold them up going out of the right hand side or walking back through the aircraft to the main door at the rear and therefore passing the area of the fire. I can’t put my hands on an ATR safety card at the moment and I haven’t been near an ATR for a few years now but I seem to recall that is the correct procedure.
Down the back is a different story. On the right of the aircraft is a very small odd catering/baggage door which is not very suitable to get people out in a hurry.
The only main door with stairs is at the rear and on the left. Therefore if no fire is immediately obvious outside of this door it is very appropriate to use this one as you will evacuate alot of people very quickly via this door. Clearly the crew gave instructions to the pax as they again moved away to the rear of the aircraft initially.
I can’t see clearly on the video but I think there were two cabin crew however there may only have been one, I used to do single crew flights. This makes it very difficult to control everyone.
On any aircraft it normally makes sense to get an able bodied person off first to help other pax and to keep the cabin crew on board as long as possible to aid the evacuation and to try and ensure no one is left behind.
There’s no accounting for the public at incidents like this. From what I can make out the crew and fire department did a good job of getting people out and under control as fast as possible.
Had that ever happened to me I would have been very happy with the outcome as seen on the video.

Cheers – a very comprehensive reply! 🙂

Very nice indeed. Looks as if the weather was kind for you. It seems as if it rains or is overcast everytime I can get out. 🙁

Sounded like a non event – it even made it onto the BBC News website’s frontpage, presumably due to recent events. Saw earlier that the flight was delayed by 8 hours but unsure as to when it finally departed.

Well done to everyone who got their results on Thursday. I got my A2 results the week before and was very happy as I can go to uni!

And I also do hate it when the same people every year come on the TV every August and announce that exams are getting easier. That may be, but that isn’t our problem, it’s the government’s, and don’t make it sound like you are belittling the achievements of students who work very hard for their results.