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Old Aug 5, 2019 | 1:07 pm
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aikaterine
 
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Did the smoke smell of anything (e.g. burning) or was it just foggy stuff? Did anyone suggest to the cabin crew at doors 2 and 3 that perhaps they should evacuate?
Kind of a slight rubbery burning smell. Definitely more smoke smell than like fog or water vapor stuff.

Originally Posted by Deltus
Did the smoke smell of anything (e.g. burning) or was it just foggy stuff? Did anyone suggest to the cabin crew at doors 2 and 3 that perhaps they should evacuate?
Sorry, dealing with family

People were yelling "open the doors". Not sure why they took 10 minutes to open them. When they did people in the back few rows tried to run to the front of the plane, which was absurd.

Originally Posted by Deltus
Agreed, but once you're parked on a taxiway, there isn't much aviation or navigation left to do.

Was it actually a 10 minute wait (measured by a clock), or did it just feel like it. I would imagine that sitting in a smoke filled cabin for 30 seconds would already feel like several minutes...

It was actually 10 minute wait on the ground. I texted my partner immediately after we touched down and then again after I got off the slide. 10 minutes between texts.

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