Originally Posted by
LapLap
There's also video footage of Chloe Richards and Ian Newborn shown on BBC News24 (there's a link on this page on the right "Passengers describe evacuation" showing these pax) saying very similar things. (I can't open that link, but I can see this one:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fc6_1200603997&c=1 the comments I've reacted to come after the 3 minute mark)
I've just watched the clip on liveleak. The experiences described by Chloe and Ian are quite consistent with my experences after evacuating a plane at LHR a few years ago.
After a while standing around on the grass, we were taken by bus to one of the gate lounges (T1?). I don't remember any refreshments other than what was available in the vending machine. They took everyone's name and adddress and asked people about injuries. I don't remember any announcements about why the evacuation happened. I think we got out after about 3 hours when they'd towed the plane to T4 and cleared out the hand luggage.