Singapore Airlines 777 Catches Fire At Changi Airport

When engine oil temperature warning persists, pilot is supposed to shut down the engine and close fire shut off cock of that engine. Why was this not done before landing?

Guess the main concern here is fire. Fire makes most scared and fearful and want to run. If there was no fire the agreements would not be there. So sometimes what the right choice is not clear. My bigger question which no one seems to discuss is why land with both engines ? If there is problem with engine why not shut it down ? Planes are designed to land on one engine right ? Would it have been safer to shut down the second engine and would it have prevented the fire ?

This morning I was sitting in the first row on SQ368, on the side of the fire. Landing announcements were the standard ones, no specific instructions given. As the plane was decelerating after touch-down, I noticed orange/red flashes around the engine that turned into flames as the plane stopped. The first class flight attendants were seated nearby, chatting casually and certainly not looking worried. I unfastened my seatbelt to reach them and told the right engine was on fire, showing them a picture I had just taken. Two of them came to my seat to look, with one saying WOW and asking if I could send him the picture... They added that the ground staff was in control of the operations and not to worry, but that looked more like an assumption rather than factual information they had. In any case everything was managed very calmly, in a few minutes I was back into the airport lounge and two hours later already on route to Milan on an identical plane, no reseating, no new boarding passes, with my checked-in luggage flying with me on the new flight to Milan. Everything amazingly well managed. It made things look almost not as serious as they could have been. I am glad I was on Singapore Airlines, and not surrounded by energetic "know-it-all" like some of the commentators here. The passengers, a mix of what looked predominantly Italian businessmen and expat families, Australian tourists and other Asian nationalities behave incredibly calmly and responsibly. BTW, the captain updates mentioned oil lubricant issues that forced to reduce engine thrust while flying back at 5,100 m altitude, instead of the usual 11,000 m. No mention of fuel leaks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163 Slow response can be fatal. during that moment they couldn't be certain if it would actually be safer to stay inside. They just got lucky this time

If a passenger in an exit row on the left side had chosen to open the exit door and evacuate the plane, would he have gotten in trouble? Surely when your plane is on fire you do what you can to save yourself, right? I'm surprised the people in the exit row didn't choose to evacuate.