British Airways plane catches fire in Las Vegas

neil_g · 9 Sep 2015 at 12:59

Kemik said:
I was talking to work colleagues about this and mentioned that it's crazy that people thought it was a good idea to grab their bags first. If I'm shouted at to evacuate I'm running for it, especially if smoke is coming into the cabin. My colleague's response was "Yeah suppose, but if your passport is in your bag then getting home will be a pain in the arse"... glad to hear people think that far ahead about themselves rather than ensuring as many people can get off as quickly as possible...

im surprised the cabin crew let them down the slides, if the baggage punctured the inflatable escape route then there would be big trouble.

wordy · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:05

Diddums said:
Christ, I'm flying to Vegas on BA in December!

Can I have your stuff?

ubersonic · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:15

Serves BA right for not having the 777's optional British engines ;P

pepsilol · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:15

Lmao at grabbing the luggage.

I'd be straight outta there.

ubersonic · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:16

neil_g said:
im surprised the cabin crew let them down the slides, if the baggage punctured the inflatable escape route then there would be big trouble.

Also with the landing gear deployed the slides often cause injury (designed for us when the plane is floating) do to the steep angle increasing speed. The crew must have been worried.

Ghosteh · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:16

"In case of emergency, please leave all belongings behind"

"Nope"

teaboy5 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:17

MrMoonX said:
Yeah I read about this in the early hours, seems like a lot of retards were taking their luggage out of the overheads if you read the guardian article as they had a reporter on the flight

Bit strong with the word retard there, but I would as well if I thought it safe. It's not like they were all of sudden sitting in some field in the middle of no where after falling out of the sky.

Also some folk might of had their passport inside their carry on and might have a little trouble getting places without it.

neil_g · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:18

ubersonic said:
Also with the landing gear deployed the slides often cause injury (designed for us when the plane is floating) do to the steep angle increasing speed. The crew must have been worried.

i think the guardian report said on the radio the crew looked panicked.

which is concerning considering they're trained to deal with these situations.

easy for me to say sat in my nice comfy office chair mind..

ubersonic · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:18

koolpc said:
Blimey, that looks scary! Mid flight would have been absolutely terrifying!

Wouldn't have been as serious in flight, the pilot would have received an alarm and activated the suppression putting out the fire and shutting down the engine. This is one of those things that was made much worse by actually being on the ground (the wind allowed the fire to brush the plane, etc).

neil_g · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:19

teaboy5 said:
Also some folk might of had their passport inside their carry on and might have a little trouble getting places without it.

bit hard getting places when you're a smouldering corpse too..

JBuk · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:22

teaboy5 said:
Bit strong with the word retard there, but I would as well if I thought it safe. It's not like they were all of sudden sitting in some field in the middle of no where after falling out of the sky.

Also some folk might of had their passport inside their carry on and might have a little trouble getting places without it.

No they were just in a burning plane and could have turned into a disaster very quickly like the Airtours flight at Manchester airport many years ago

Its ridiculous that anyone put their belongings above their and the other passengers safety

teaboy5 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:26

JBuk said:
No they were just in a burning plane and could have turned into a disaster very quickly like the Airtours flight at Manchester airport many years ago

Its ridiculous that anyone put their belongings above their and the other passengers safety

Again without being there and knowing what the inside of the plane looked like when these people got their bags we can't judge. But I forgot this is an internet forum and no doubt by the end of the day know why the plane was on fire before even BA know.

Greebo · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:26

If some passenger was blocking the aisle getting his luggage out of the overhead locker while the plane was on fire, i think i would have kidney punched them and walked over their prone form.

teaboy5 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:27

Greebo said:
If some passenger was blocking the aisle getting his luggage out of the overhead locker while the plane was on fire, i think i would have kidney punched them and walked over their prone form.

sure sure

neil_g · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:28

teaboy5 said:
Again without being there and knowing what the inside of the plane looked like when these people get their bags we can't judge. But I forgot this is an internet forum and no doubt by the end of the day know why the plane was on fire before even BA know.

all i need to know would be that there is a fire and the plane is loaded with fuel.

Greebo · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:29

teaboy5 said:
sure sure

Okay i wouldn't have. I suspect i would push them out of the way into the seats and go past them.

JBuk · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:29

teaboy5 said:
Again without being there and knowing what the inside of the plane looked like when these people get their bags we can't judge. But I forgot this is an internet forum and no doubt by the end of the day know why the plane was on fire before even BA know.

You don't need to know what the it looked like, its common sense that being evacuated from a burning plane your priority is to get out quickly without hindering others or being hindered by others.

teaboy5 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:31

JBuk said:
You don't need to know what the it looked like, its common sense that being evacuated from a burning plane your priority is to get out quickly without hindering others or being hindered by others.

Again we know nothing of what it was like. Looking at the photos I see mostly small bags bar one guy with a suitcase. For all we know most people had these bags in their hand already.

To blanket call them retards is a little silly. Btw I do agree it was a silly thing to do if the whole cabin is filled with smoke, but we don't know the whole picture and it may of been clear in there and people ach sure I'll just grab this bag and get out quick.

Reading these gives us a better idea and if correct it does seem a little silly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34195463

Josh · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:32

neil_g said:
all i need to know would be that there is a fire and the plane is loaded with fuel.

Yeah the plane would have had somewhere in the region of 120,000 + litres of JetA1 avaition fuel. I wouldn't be hanging around to grab my passport and wallet.

I'd rather get new ones sorted than run the risk of ending up in a burning inferno.

neil_g · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:35

teaboy5 said:
Again we know nothing of what it was like. Looking at the photos I see mostly small bags bar one guy with a suitcase. For all we know most people had these bags in their hand already.

To blanket call them retards is a little silly. Btw I do agree it was a silly thing to do if the whole cabin is filled with smoke, but we don't know the whole picture and it may of been clear in there and people ach sure I'll just grab this bag and get out quick.

the point still stands.

they were already 1 escape route down (front left) due to the fire. what happens if one of those bags ripped a hole in another (same as women are supposed to remove heels)? thats a bit of a big deal.