Southwest 737 MAX Cabin Fills With Smoke After Bird Strike

Those few rows of O2 mask deployments would likely have been forced open by passengers, the cabin crew nor the flight deck would have deployed them in this circumstance because with smoke or fire in the cabin it would be the LAST thing you’d want to do. It was probably the same few passengers that were the first to grab their bags.

Very frightening event indeed. Kudos to the flight crew, especially the pilots for their professionalism and prompt performance. They saved the day!!

Somewhere in this incident is a joke about smoking a Cuban (bird).

It's disappointing how many passengers were sliding down the evacuation chute with full sized carry-on bags.

Yup, should be prosecuted for endangering the lives of all the passengers behind them. All it takes is one heavy bag to puncture a slide.

Kudos to the crew? They clearly did not instruct the passengers to leave their baggage in the plane.

I am with all the previous commenters. How many people are sliding down with full size bags. That’s just not ok. Isn’t there a FA next to the exit instructing people or it is every man for themselves? Very sad.

I was thinking smoked turkey.

Cue the outraged commentators about pax taking their stuff. You can huff and puff all you like and say you'd never do that yourself. But you can't change (stupid) human nature. People WILL cling madly to their possessions. It's potentially dangerous and stupid behaviour...but unavoidable as proven over and over. So give it a break. We've heard it all before. And YOU don't know how you'd act in that situation...despite what you preach. I'm not advocating this stupidity, but I'm also smart enough not to waste my breath changing human nature and instincts and acting outraged.

@John

However if there was an actual fire those people would be potentially doom the people behind them by slowing the evacuation but more importantly by ripping open and deflating the slides. How bout prying open the Oxygen masks are you gonna excuse that too? Looks like they did that too!

Southwest Risk Management will be adding "do not fly" to the profiles for anyone seen with their roller bag on the tarmac. Fortunately the airlines can share that list - next trip will be on a boat.

John-

I don’t see any outrage here just expected disappointment. Don’t try to create drama where there is none. They were just observing.

Leave your flipping baggage and evacuate
Other people are behind you you idiot you

Every flight attendant was screaming at the top of their lungs “ FIRE EVACUATE LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND”…unbelievable that some people put their belongings before others including children

Every flight attendant was screaming at the top of their lungs “ FIRE EVACUATE LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND”…unbelievable that some people put their belongings before others including children

Are u gonna say it a 4th, 5th and 6th time Gus?

You actually have to blame the first selfish person who set the wrong precedent for the rest of the plane. The only idiot is the one who believes this is because it's human nature.

What's surprising is with 2 free checked bags, still so many full size carryon?