Originally Posted by
Jann58
I am not good at being in a plane and I probably wouldn't be thinking straight anyway. It's just my passport is always in a bag in the overhead box. I have never thought of having them on me so thanks all.
Australian news reports saying passengers were off the plane in 90 seconds. That is really impressive and I am really glad no one was injured and crew and passengers are safe.
60-90 seconds full evac with blocked doors is pretty much what all the training, regulators and manufacturers aim at - essentially you have about that time before fire and smoke starts to take hold.
Silver lining to all this - it seems that EK's crew and their training procedures seem up to global scratch: I know that there have been aspersions cast on them in the past for either being too young and looking inexperienced or the trainers cutting corners, but it looks like they did a great job in the emergency and that is what counts imho. ^