A Frontier Airlines aircraft had a terrifying flight yesterday. Initially we only had a video to go off of, but now that more details are emerging, this whole situation sounds even more serious. It’s great that this had a positive ending, and it’s a reminder of how safe and well built aircraft are.
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Seems like whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and that includes a damaged Airbus.
Nice touch to start a Vegas trip with some real fireworks, though!
I often refer to Airbuses as flaming dumpsters. Glad that one of them proved the name is true.
I'm curious why they wouldn't use the slides. You're supposed to be able to deplane passengers faster using the slide than using stairs, and in a situation like this, you're never certain that you've completely extinguished the fire.
Evacuation via slides often leads to injuries such as broken ankles etc. particularly among elderly passengers. I suspect once they understood there was no realistic threat and no active fires/smoke they decided to use stairs for the safety of the passengers and to minimise the potential for injuries.