Originally Posted by
gilfiom
I used the language evacuate as they were asked to leave the plane quickly, leaving everything behind - perhaps rapid deplaning or some other term should have been used! Either way, it wasn't a standard deplaning.
No worries, just for crew it is a very different thing...
Evacuation uses slides and would be whole aircraft within 90 seconds etc.
Rapid Disembarkation is what must have occurred here. Pax told to leave the plane quickly, using the boarding door, or possibly steps brought to a door or additional door, and leave everything behind.
Rapid Disembarkation would be more likely to be used in this sort of situation, and is also used for maybe something like a severe fuel leakage on stand, or a ground equipment incident by the aircraft, or as result of a bomb threat assessment on the ground requiring the passengers to leave the aircraft etc.
