Video shows evacuation of Delta flight at Seattle airport after mechanical malfunction sparks fire

Video obtained by KOMO News from the Port of Seattle
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[@mackydog99]

As an aircraft mechanic for over 35yrs I cannot believe the exceptionally slow response to an obvious emergency situation! There's fire fighting equipment all over the place!

[@samspade2131]

My thoughts exactly. But maybe there’s a rule that ramp workers aren’t allowed to get involved v

[@rs232killer]

This is my first reaction, why isn't the ground crew grabbing extinguishers?

[@1zanglang]

​@@samspade2131I guess that anybody is alowed to get involved when the fire is so small, and can be put out quickly, with a couple of extinguishers. As soon as the flames spent there were three "brave" workers who rushed to secure the site... Pathetic. Even the people wrking in offices receive some basic training on how to use a fire extinguisher to put out a small fire...

[@mackydog99]

@@samspade2131 Anyone and everyone working there is trained in fire extinguishing. P.A.S.S. Point, aim, squeeze, and sweep. There is no reason to let that fire keep burning like that.

[@quietghost1642]

As someone who has worked on the ramp, I’ll say that taking on an electrical fire of that magnitude with hand held extinguishers is more risk than worth. The ARFF response taking 4ish minutes, yeah I dunno…

[@devingraves8044]

The people leaving the plane at 2:07 are perfect examples of why you should look at the safety card and listen to the flight attendants' safety brief

[@HAL-9000x]

I noticed that too. Clowns. I also like those who approached to take video/photos.

[@retrorealtorteam]

People really thinking the wing is a few feet off the ground 😂

[@worawatli8952]

It looks like they were thinking that it led to the gate or something, lol.

[@Gregowski]

@@SDuapveer11 They can't. They need to stay inside to make sure everyone gets out.

[@mrmosk2011]

I think a lot of people already have backpacks in hands or ready to put on. I do not see anyone with a suite case. People have to decide what’s the best that helps the situation, follow the rules strictly or just find a way to get off the plane quickly. Will putting away the bags help speeding up? I certainly hope no one slows down to grab bags, we will see what the report say later. As for the ground crew, I Also wonder why no one got a fire extinguisher. But I can see some of the ground crews tried to move things out of the way for the slides. They are responsible to clear the path for evacuation. It took about 1’30” to open the first slide from the time the fire started. It took about 2’ for people to get off. I think that is reasonable, but I heard someone mentioned regulation is 90”. It feels a lot longer watching the video.

[@drew25311]

Holy crap, the response time was so long that even the fire was like, "All right, well, I'm bored so I'm gonna head out."

[@julien2084]

the whole video is 5 min long so really not that bad considering they were probably not in ready mode until that guy in front of the airplane ran back to alert people of the smoke coming out

[@user-cs3hj1pr3n]

Workers doesn't even have fire extinguisher handy. Everybody is like I'm outta of there not my job not even to help passengers to evacuate. Pitiful. Fire department response is not quick enough.

[@codycoyote6912]

Agree, too slow considering there are fire trucks on site.

[@grriceman782]

The most comical thing are the first few idiotic passengers who leave via the wing exits and start walking down the wing of course with their luggage!!

[@kevinframe757]

like a stroll in the park :P

[@JediTev]

Typical Seattlites, "hey look, it's a wing! Let's walk on it!" This is the crowd that thinks the Seahawks didn't exist before 2012 and that 1 Super Bowl ring is more than 5. It does put some perspective on Boeing's issues.

[@lo2990]

The most comical thing is you whining in the comments section over something so meaningless that didn’t result in any injuries to the people involved. You gotta have one pathetic and boring life to whine like this.

[@ElliottMoreno-nd2hh]

@@lo2990that’s not his point, he’s saying that had the emergency been more dire those who took the luggage could’ve delayed the evacuation

[@ryannrjohnson]

Can call me whatever, if I’m exiting a plane they say is on fire I’m liable to do a forward flip off the wing onto that luggage conveyor as long as it’s getting me away from the plane.

[@Flight--tz5nf]

The plane itself didn't malfunction. It was the power cord they plugged into the plane that was the issue. She will be repaired and will fly again.

[@idkjames]

Dont believe the airbus propaganda. But FR it GPU hookup and location dont appear to align. Could be. Hard to tell unless more came out since.

[@Star-bp5jj]

Boeing at it again, I can tell defective 737 when I see one.

[@Flight--tz5nf]

@@idkjames Airbus propaganda? I am a Boeing guy. But have flow on Airbus aircraft (A319 and A320). Solid aircraft. You can see the ground crew hook up power to the aircraft right where the fire started.

[@idkjames]

@@Flight--tz5nf was facetious. Yeah but hard to tell if cable or behind the earthing point on the connector. Have looked at the diagram for that system but they are all basically the same.

[@williamreid2053]

No GPU was hooked up at the time

[@IcyPelican]

In the Air Force we had fire extinguishers by each plane, the complacency of the ground crew shows lack of training

[@youlianou]

Absolutely to the point !!!

[@sgtkasi]

You get what you pay for, unfortunately. Ground crew have extremely high turnover and low pay.

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

Assuming that civilian airports are run exactly like the air force is the kind of narcissistic arrogance I'd expect from someone who was in the air force.

[@johnathanmcfadden8978]

Having worked for an airline for 6 years I can confirm if an aircraft is involved we are not allowed to do anything. It's not lack of training but actually listening to the training...

[@Wingman813]

Those annual training modules become muscle memory and create complacency.

[@Collateralcoffee]

The most unbelievable part of this video is NO ONE HAS A FUCKING FIRE EXTINGUISHER?!?! SERIOUSLY?!??!

[@HFL-12345]

Every vehicle has an extinguisher. It is just you won't risk your life if you don't know how it happens, or if you are just working for an airline

[@MRCruise24]

Electrical fires are hard to put out and require a specific extinguisher

[@jace1113]

There were fire extinguishers but no one remembered where they were.

[@quantumbits]

It is a electrical fire. The solution is to cut power. When they did it went out suddenly.

[@DangerZoneGamingYT]

There would be no point of using a fire extinguisher if the power was still on

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Thanks to the quick reactions by everyone involved it was a TOTAL clusterfrak.

[@dfg-rg3pd]

No? Not at all.

[@RedPills-bk9nu]

lol the luggage handlers where like ' not my job'

[@alexbattenberg5638]

"Passengers are directed to leave all items behind in case of an emergency evacuation!" ... well, that seemed to have worked out well. Everybody had their belongings in their hands.

[@NickCBax]

Yeah, this is the worst time to have an emergency evacuation, since everyone is already gathering their things..

[@pedrito77]

Terrible.

[@huanjiesheng1610]

They just arrived and many people must have luggage in their hands. I don't think it's a terrible idea to take their stuff with them otherwise it might block the aisle.

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

90 SECONDS!! That’s how long it took to evacuate that crashed A350 in Japan, and that was a much larger jet . Everybody survived, but nobody took their belongings with them, which contributed to the timely evacuation. If they were Americans like the majority of these people, they’d probably be dead, and I say that as an American man. Our population in particular seems to have developed a culture of ignoring the safety messages on our flights. Yeah, these strike me as the same kind of people that ignore fire alarms in our apartment buildings and public buildings, even though the schools here train us to evacuate by conducting fire drills with the same freaking alarms!! Most upsetting thing is, I live in Seattle. I wonder how many people I know, including my own parents, would take their belongings with them.

[@NickCBax]

@@djijspeakerguy4628 To be fair, we as a society don't care about the safety of others. Watching the number of people using their cell phones while driving is maddening! (I watched a guy in Seattle use his cell phone while executing a turn, the literal worst time to be paying attention.) There also is the issue that in the US we design vehicles for occupant safety, we don't think anything about the safety of others outside the vehicle, so we get vehicles that'll hit average height male pedestrians in the torso, which is a much less survivable collision than being hit in the legs like most sedans.

[@JGB1990]

The response time to all of this was horrendous....

[@gordongott127]

Yes it was !

[@DJDAVINCI]

Epic fail.

[@lo2990]

@@DJDAVINCIYou’re a terminally online bum with no understanding of how firefighters work. It’s not an “epic fail” you are just laughably ignorant.

[@lo2990]

@@gordongott127No it wasn’t, They don’t have flying fire trucks. You have no idea how to be a firefighter or what response times look like. Stick to whining on KZbin

[@lo2990]

Are you mentally challenged? This is a massive airport, they don’t have teleportation for fire trucks, you aren’t a firefighter you are just an ignorant keyboard warrior who watches firefighters on KZbin. You have no experience in this field

[@pepoqoio7973]

Everyone shouts for a fire extinguisher but no one ever tried to extinguish an electric arc😂

[@nua1234]

Totally agree. What surprised me was, how long it took for the power to the cable to be turned off.

[@genethebean7597]

Very True. But it would at least extinguish or guard any unintentionally exposed bits in, near, or around the GPU connector, preventing the fire's proliferation.

[@auxityne]

It's an Airbus A321neo, before the stupid snowball really gets rolling in the comments.

[@IN10THRC]

Forget it. "Stupid" outspreads even Covid.

[@timothyj67]

Its a 350 not 321

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

You going to go with that? Ok 😂

[@germanaircraft]

​@@timothyj67nuhh uhh

[@ft2bme]

​@@timothyj67 N504DZ is an AirBus A321-271NX registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N504DZ

[@charlesthistlethwaite]

To see the number of Delta ground staff doing their jobs either unaware or ignorant of the spreading fire is truly frightening. 90 seconds is all the FAA allows to evacuate an aircraft.😱

[@marianneodell7637]

That’s what I was thinking! Couldn’t they SEE the fireball? Where was the fire extinguishing equipment? Why did it take so long to disembark the passengers? Holy 💩 I won’t be flying anytime soon!

[@dfg-rg3pd]

@@marianneodell7637 You're way over exaggerating this whole thing.

[@WiseWik]

​@@dfg-rg3pdI don't think he is. Everyone seems like they're sedated or something - ground crew, passengers just not having any urgency.

[@bianchi83]

Il fuoco lo vedi solo te, sono archi voltaici, il problema sei te che in un caso del genere ti fai prendere dal panico e scappi facendo prendere fuoco all'aereo, basta isolare la linea elettrica, e comunque per precauzione hanno fatto evacuare i passeggeri senza problemi

[@dfg-rg3pd]

​@@WiseWik What can the ground crew do? If you know anything about evacuating an airplane, it MUST be taken slowly and calmly. Too many times people would rush and get seriously injured, or worse. To me, everything went perfectly well in terms of the evacuation and emergency response time.

[@jjjjrrr678]

Even the fire was: "fuc* this, Im out of here, these people are useless" 😂😂😂

[@Paul1958R]

4+ minutes from first smoke to first firefighters arrival

[@pulidoggy]

Even worse... Judging from the surveillance camera time-stamp the first flash can be seen at 9:38:40 and the fire trucks arrive at 9:44:30, thus almost _six minutes_ after 🧐

[@dfg-rg3pd]

That's really good response time.

[@dfg-rg3pd]

@@pulidoggy That's not bad response time at all?

[@spatrompete2601]

We don’t not when the call the station has been made but they should have been 150 seconds after the first call at any point of the airport 6 min first truck let say 2 min looking at the slow reaction going in there 1 min dispatch 1 min to get to the trucks I would say that time is pretty good well done 😅 ironically when they arrived the fire stopped. And to anyone saying use fire extinguisher I think the most common one is foam on airport I would not recommend to use it when electricity is involved I can ensure you that mistake you will do only ones :-p I’m unfamiliar how it works on a plane but on a EV if the plug is in the electricity could come from both directions so turning it off is not always save to assume it will not shock you

[@gmarie701]

Half those 'hero' firefighters probably ended up in the local ER for taking 'smoke'. Paid leave now until next fall. Typical government hacks.

[@bobbyb3503]

Why is NOBODY hitting the big red power off button??? 🆘️⚡️🚨

[@aspuzling]

I got off a flight yesterday and walked right past what must be this exact button or at least something like it. Even though I will probably never work on the apron of an airport, my brain still made a mental note of it for some reason.

[@planemad]

This just shows things can go wrong even at the end of you're flight and you're at the gate thinking about getting home

[@chevyimpala8197]

Sparks coming from GPU external ground power cable, after engines shutdown jetway bridge own electrical power cable is connected to aircraft electrical network. Looks like short circuit of the GPU.

[@danielhawley6817]

this former aircraft mechanic agrees. classic electrical fire.

[@joseph3005see]

@@danielhawley6817Would not inserting the power cable properly cause this?

[@joshuanissen8803]

@@joseph3005see yes and No, because that is impossible. The power connector is probably fucked up from wear and thrown all over the place.

[@bartphlegar8212]

The sparking was coming from the shore power plug, which tends to indicate that there was a problem with the inverter on the jet. All they had to do was kill the switch at the jetway...But this was infinitely more entertaining... 😏

[@Kalvinjj]

That explains why it kept going SO DAMN LONG, I imagined the avionics bay being there up front but no crew worth the air they breathe would let the APU running feeding an electrical fire nor batteries would have lasted that long if they even are up front there.

[@cageordie]

It's almost like the ground crew didn't notice the fire.

[@datainmotion]

I guess I'm old enough to remember when there was a cart with an extinguishing device at every (or every other) gate. Good times.

[@meddyven]

Some gates do have fire extinguisher bottles, but we are not advised to use them. If it got out of hand, I know how to use them, and would until fire rescue arrived.

[@lo2990]

You clearly aren’t old enough to understand that they aren’t supposed to use the fire extinguisher for fires like this

[@osasunaitor]

​@@lo2990 and you are not old enough to understand that there are extinguishers meant specifically for electrical fires like this one.

[@warsurplus]

@@lo2990 You most certainly can use almost any chemical extinguisher rated for BC fires on an electrical fire. You don't know what you're talking about. You wouldn't use a water bottle rated for only type A fires, but those are not the type available on the ramp.

[@ReneChewbaka]

Yes there are fire extinguisher stations within in proximity to each gate. And we at American are trained on how to use them and which type to utilize depending on what is fueling the fire.

[@user-tc2ky6fg2o]

It went quite well, no slide opened into the bridge, and no one sucked through the engine nor get drowned into the Hudson. 👍

[@donaldjz]

What bridge?

[@flyoverkid55]

And virtually no one thinks to try an extinguisher before the fire gets rolling. Not even one person. There had to be 2 or 3 nearby.

[@stevenrobinson2381]

YES. Either the baggage tugs or the belt loaders should have had extinguishers on them-as well as the hydrant cart for refueling the aircraft-it most certainly has at least 2 properly rated extinguishers.

[@Matthew_M11]

How would that help with an electrical fire? It would just reignite until the power source is removed.

[@flyoverkid55]

@@Matthew_M11 I don't know that it was, in fact, an electrical fire. We can see something dripping and igniting, I suspect an hydraulic leak being ignited by a hot brake rotor. Even if it is electrical, dumping some CO2 on it is better than just looking at it.

[@Matthew_M11]

@@flyoverkid55 Good point, will be interesting to see what the report finds. To be honest, the whole response looked very clumsy.

[@RF_NY1]

Where are the airport's fire trucks located? Across town?

[@lo2990]

It’s a massive 10 ton fire truck. You’ve been watching to many Hollywood movies, they don’t teleport to the fire

[@RF_NY1]

@@lo2990 Okay Genius. Look up some NFPA stuff on response times/locations and then come back and enlighten us since you're the smartest person commenting on youtube.

[@twisterman101new4]

@@RF_NY1Okay genius look up the requirements for the trucks to move on an active airfield lol. Dummy doesn’t understand that just since there’s a fire you can’t go guns blazing through the taxiways.

[@judymarlene3414]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

[@dfg-rg3pd]

@@RF_NY1 It took them barely 5 minutes. That's really good response time. Stop whining.

[@GIJO]

I dont understand why people are walking around and just watching, just ridiculous!

[@jeanaimar8826]

I don't understand, are there no fire extinguishers on the airport???

[@johnbrown8059]

They decided to defund them because they were racist fire extinguishers. You know, because they spray WHITE stuff only.

[@Mika-ph6ku]

Can't put out an electrical fire with normal extinguishers.

[@imkeerock]

Are the ramp staff not allowed to drag a fire extinguisher up to the fire and start using it? And why didn't the rampers unplug the external power when they finally noticed the fire? Did they at least turn it off? Great job by the flight crew.

[@lutomson3496]

I thought there was an extinguisher on wheels in front of every aircraft in case of fire, im shaking my head why this happened in the first place and nothing was done by the staff they ran away like rats we werent trained that way in the military

[@christinaG23]

I work on a ramp. If there is a fire we are supposed to get clear and let the firefighters deal with it. We are not allowed to do anything besides that.

[@christinaG23]

@@lutomson3496We could actually loose our jobs attempting to fight a fire ourselves where I work. We are not trained for it and they don’t want us risking our lives.

[@tomc.7520]

@@christinaG23 Thanks for the info. Stupid rule.

[@NickCBax]

@@lutomson3496 This wasn't in the wheel well, it was at the electrical connection point.

[@Errr717]

That Airbus is gonna be out of circulation for awhile. I'm surprised none of the service trucks or has a portable fire extinguisher.

[@purgatory.collective]

if it was alaska they would have kept it in service 😂😂

[@TheSuperSpeeder]

Delta probably gave them a drink voucher for their next flight...

[@pushslice]

"2 for 1" coupon

[@austinado16]

A bag containing 7 stale nuts has been mailed to each solo passenger, or each family, unless in business class.

[@johnguariglia4291]

if it was a Boeing aircraft the media would be all over it...pffft

[@avengersprime5431]

LOL so true.

[@olyokie]

That shiteheads running Boeing have brought all that legitimate criticism on themselves. Get up off your knees.

[@macyus3367]

Looking for this coment, notice how nor airbus nor the model is named in the video title, if it was a 737 or any boeing it would be in all caps and repeated like 3 times with different #tags in the desc. Clickbait is getting out of control in what is supposed to be "unbiased news" as all news outlets should be.

[@christopherkozal7987]

Yep!

[@riftryderz]

Although I do look down on Boeing quality control and methods, it's honestly frustrating how the media portrays some news stories involving aviation or Boeing specifically, Boeing's reputation is already tarnished enough.

[@TheSouthernMale]

Less than a 4 min response time is actually very good, for a ramp response, airport fire departments setup for runway accidents.

[@PL-rf4hy]

Just an idea here: Maybe baggage handlers should be trained minimally at least in some passenger direction/control measures in the event of a gate emergency evac. The baggage people seemed to just hover around looking on while the passengers were spilling out all over the tarmac and going every which way.

[@jimbob2088]

Just another idea here: Maybe pay them a wage to actually consider risking their lives? I sure as heck not going to risk my life for $19-23 per hour. Not especially when the fire fighters are being contracted out at $50+ per hour for even a rookie in training.

[@pushslice]

they are not well paid, and their union uses their further 'cut' of that pay to advise them never to do anything considered 'extra'.

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

You would think responsibility for evacuation would be on the flight attendants who actually do the evacuations. It wouldn't be hard for one of them to exit the plane first and then corral the passengers once they get onto the ground.

[@keirandownie1722]

Good to see everyone took the time to get their carry on bags.

[@CPcamaro]

To be fair in this case, based on my experience flying, by the time that fire broke out at least 75% of the people on that plane had already jammed into the center aisle and retrieved their carry on bags.

Silly comment. Passengers had already retrieved their bag and were disembarking the plane before they were aware of the fire.

[@outby50]

@@CPcamaro Yeah. Normally, I'd be right there with "why are these dolts all taking their carryon?" but this is an edge case. They already had it in their hands. Would dropping it right there in the aisle have been better?

[@Kalvinjj]

Regardless of what you all are saying, the complete idiots going down the slide with a backpack on their freaking back sure is one way to help tear the slide and leave the others trapped there.

[@Mika-ph6ku]

@@KalvinjjYou got knives sticking out of your backpack or something?

[@philiproseel3506]

I actually clicked on the KOMO news link, then cancelled it. That is NOT where an accurate description of the incident will be.

[@AIMIT7172]

Is there anyone who watches or listens to the flight crew’s demo?

[@meddyven]

Most passengers are idiots, I hate to say, but it's true. They'd grab their bags before helping a person who needs assistance evacuating!

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Yes, if the FA is gorgeous.

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

Even if they do, they don't care. This is America. If you ask the average passenger whether they'd rather lose their luggage or let everyone else on the plane burn to death, they'd grab their bag.

[@robertfajardo2239]

fire went home by the time the firefighters were coming in lol

[@MatchaCocoaDog]

Holly cow!!! Glad everyone is safe! 😱

[@crisrose521]

Dear Operations Manager at Tacoma International , YOU ARE HEREBY TERMINATED .

[@michaelbishop8298]

Don't forget the Fire Chief too! Eight minute response? The jet could of been fully involved by the time the FD showed up. No excuse for that response!

[@crisrose521]

@@michaelbishop8298 not sure what the protocol is for that particular airport or how soon ( or late ) the FD on standby was notified . Airports have their own FD and emergency personnel, but 8 minutes is definitely a very long time to respond. The operations MGR is obviously inept . Thanks 🙏

[@brentbeacham9691]

There were passengers on the ground running around and I saw a Delta jet rolling right down and to their gate. Along with lots of vehicle traffic. Shouldn’t aircraft be stopped entering an area that has customers running around blindly?

[@lo2990]

You do realize there’s a massive fire right? Nobody is sitting around doing traffic control while a massive 50 ton hunk of mental and jet fuel is desperately trying to deplane. You got a brain? Use it, please

[@osasunaitor]

​@@lo2990what??? Where is your "massive fire"? Did we watch the same video? Also are you insinuating that ground control crew stop working in the event of an emergency???

[@AV1AT1XN]

@@lo2990 There is multiple people sitting in the ATC doing traffic control. Delete your comment, you look stupid.

[@brentbeacham9691]

@@lo2990 your ad hominem attack shows you are not logical or human.

[@dfg-rg3pd]

@@brentbeacham9691 You people are so incredibly toxic...

[@artfromcalifornia104]

There is plenty of fire extinguishers at the bottom of the each gate, the thing is those are for Jet-A fuel fire, not for electrical fires.

[@SebiKoerner]

Any ABC extinguisher can handle small electric fires.

[@yashkindaszkiewicz_music5841]

5 minute response time of the fire unit is the most claming thing about this video tbh

[@LucasDonates]

This is a perfect example of why the passengers MUST listen to the flight attendant's safety brief.

[@Mark-pp7jy]

Having worked on the ramp during countless arrivals and departures, why didn't anyone grab a fire extinguisher? There probably wouldn't have been any need for an evacuation.

[@railroading5726]

or turned power off

[@seanchang1202]

Reminds me when the F-35C skidded off the flight deck and fell into SCS, the deck crews pulled out the first fire hose and sprayed foam probably less than a second after the jet hit the water. That’s efficiency.

[@iancumming3708]

Oh my days! No ramp staff got access to fire extinguisher's? Passengers walking out onto the wing not using wing slides, most passengers have got their carry on bags with them & no one on the ramp has any idea on were to guide the passengers they just mill about. What an absolute shambles.

[@joesterling4299]

"Fire? Where? Can someone direct us to the fire, please? Is it this plane . . . or, this one?"

[@dfg-rg3pd]

What?

[@passqua]

The welder forgot to wait till the passenger got off the plane before start working on it.

[@whaloe.builds1543]

Everyone needs to realise two important things here: (1) ground crew are trained to handle bags not fires (2) the plane can only evacuate one certain procedures have been followed such as the shut down of the engines. This can take over a minute. Once the evacuation started it was well within FAA regulations

[@tstahler5420]

I like how the crew opens the doors over the wings and just sends people out to wander around on the wing. 😂

[@erniecolussy1705]

That is not crew error. That is passengers failing to read the safety card during the pre flight safety briefing.

[@tstahler5420]

@@erniecolussy1705 😆 ok

[@lo2990]

And yet they all got out fine while you being a terminally online keyboard warrior is whining in the comments.

[@outby50]

@@erniecolussy1705 Or look down at the markings on the wing directing them.

[@vw72713]

The overwing exits are passenger operated. Only the big so called floor-level exits are manned by flight attendants.

[@waldoinaz]

Somehow the media will attempt to blame Boeing for this.

[@Hammy27Sammy]

This is airbus

[@richardmesser1091]

Hillary

[@brentbeacham9691]

It was Obama’s fault. Lock him up. 😂

[@joarom]

It’s an airbus

[@Hammy27Sammy]

@@brentbeacham9691 what’s so funny

[@stuartstravels1640]

The response time here is absolutely shocking!. I can’t believe that there weren’t any ground handlers that didn’t see this!.

[@searchanddiscover]

Given the plane was parked and people will start grabbing things even before the jet bridge is connected I am not as critical of the luggage thing this time. I mean it’s better than wasting time putting it away in the middle of an evacuation or worse just putting it anywhere so it can become an obstruction for others. If anything this just reinforces why people shouldn’t be allowed to get up from their seats and start getting their stuff until the plane is actually de-boarding.

[@NickCBax]

Yeah, I'm kinda there. Admittedly they could've just put it on the seats, but thats lots of thinking.

[@brentbeacham9691]

search and Nick… smart comments.

[@soccerguy2433]

people were already exiting the aircraft via door 1L before the sparks happened.

[@gorak9000]

Or, you know, maybe they could do some preventative maintenance on the ground power cables once in a while too?

[@johnhtexas]

When seconds count and lives are at stake, passengers take time to grab their carry-on luggage. Incredible.

[@Collateralcoffee]

People outside the plane with their luggage should get fined and banned from flying for life.

[@harrisonc985]

its the difference between waiting 2 hours to be able to get your bag back and leaving the airport immediately

[@TheReduxGB]

The main issue is that they will already have the luggage in their hand as they are at the gate awaiting to deboard. If it was at any other point, far less would have their luggage.

[@aliciamarsh-evans6135]

It looked like they were doing a typical deplaning where people get their stuff then wait awkwardly until it’s their turn. So the people with bags probably already had those on before the emergency exits were deployed and time became critical. At that point they can either get moving and get off or take extra time to ditch their backpacks. Due to the circumstances, taking their bag with them might have been the quicker option.

[@SergioFrid]

nothing happened here

[@sanitman1488]

HEY WAIT A SECOND. It’s a Airbus not Boeing.

[@rustler08]

LMAO, what the hell is the ground crew doing? They're nonchalantly walking around and almost none of them are bothering to direct the people. Holy crap, the sheer lack of urgency makes me not trust flying into that airport.

[@XxChaRbSxX]

I like how 8 baggage cart guys were able to come over before the emergency vehicles

[@joarom]

Fire rescue came a wild amount of time after.

[@lo2990]

It’s called driving. There is no teleportation for fire trucks

[@ak1ranger]

Firetrucks like....I don't see a fire? Ya'll sure this is the right plane? WTF with the Port of Seattle? Was it dinner time? And WTF isn't there a fire extinguisher somewhere?? That fire wasn't huge, could have been put out quicky. Ramp crew didn't even seem to be doing anything. Jesus.

[@GarryJones61]

Anyone caught leaving the plane with their bag should receive a life sentence in prison. If this was the case nobody would.

[@turk223]

Ladies and gentlemen, please be sure to bring all of your carry on items with you.

[@lostinlife647866]

It takes 8 minutes to get from the onsite fire station to this plane ?? Did you stop at Starbucks for a hot brew and a slice of lemon cake ??? Your response times are unacceptable !!! A volunteer company could have done better !!!

[@abruegger007]

That lemon cake is good!

[@The_Dudester]

I was in a good volunteer fire department for 12 years. It took 3.5 to 4 minutes to get firefighters to the station. At 5 minutes, trucks are rolling. At the 8 minute mark, we are arriving at the fire. But because we pulled booster reels, it took 30 seconds to put water on the fire, unlike present FD's that stretch miles and miles and miles of hose and then huddle to create a plan to attack the fire.

[@danevannett3804]

They often times need to wait and get clearance by ground control to cross runways and taxi ways. They don't get to just go trough busy intersections like a regular fire truck Look up the AARF truck collision between it and an airliner in Peru, recently you will see what happens and that was a planned drill.

[@jmWhyMe]

I agree. That regular line fire rigs got there before the ARFF rigs did is unbelievable. And the ARFF truck didn't appear to approach the hazard like it's supposed to. 😊

[@rocketmanpm]

So much for the 3-minute drill....

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

We have a pitot tube arc welder? Dang it.

[@tristantriton8115]

For the ignorant commenting on why no one used nearest fire extinguisher, the wrong fire extinguisher on an electrical fire would make the matter much worse.

[@MrMonteillard]

People walking on the wing, people with luggages, people running aimlessly in the airport, people being slow, it scares me for the future of this world.

[@stevetaxpayer6664]

Slow as molasses.

[@jsundberg5542]

they're all gonna sue for ptsd even though they were filming the whole thing. lol.

[@forkoffgoogle]

The years of intense training that the ground crew received in dealing with emergencies is clearly evident in this video. If not for their heroic actions on this fateful evening all would have been lost!

[@AcysLounge]

Unbelievable slow and bad reactions!

[@conner_b_griften]

Look at those people cutting off others on the slide. Same people who stand in the aisle and try to move forward on deplane.

[@ferociousfrankie]

No one had a fire extinguisher down there?

[@rj34rider22]

Pitot heating not turned off?

[@PlaneSpottingBerlin]

Pulling into the gate: Cabin Crew disarm the slides. 1 min later. This is the Captain speaking, Arm the slides, evacuate, evacuate, evacuate 😅

[@rrrobinson97202]

Civilian airports could use some military airports ideas like have fire bottles near by to put out fires a lot faster than just watching sparks and flames that could even kill people.

[@NickCBax]

People who work on the ramp have commented here that for safety reasons they're not allowed to fight the fire.

[@michaelbishop8298]

@@NickCBax It's a contractual agreement between the FD union and the airport. Their union mandated that only FD personnel can fight a fire. Talk about job security.

[@NickCBax]

@@michaelbishop8298citation? Given the materials in and around airplanes and the special training ARFF units get, it seems more reasonable that the ramp worker’s conveyance that they’re not allowed to fight a fire is more reasonable than a simple union contract. And tbh, I can’t see how anyone ethically could make that restriction. (It’d be like saying anywhere near hospital grounds the only people allowed to do CPR are nurses and doctors, instead of saying anyone who is properly trained with a current CPR certificate can do CPR.

[@robinrichards6275]

Not 1 fire extinguisher on the ramp?

[@warsurplus]

@robinrichards6275, that cannot be true. There must be portable extinguishers on the ramp for the occasional electrical / hydraulic oil leak fire from all the portable machinery on the ramp. I think these workers don't seem to know where they're located or how to implement them. If there really are none, them I'm astonished.

[@goringo_]

Our of curiosity, doors needs to be put into "armed" mode again, after disarm command before evacuation? I always wondered, because sometimes command "disarm" is issued way before aircraft is stopped at the gate.

[@thedoctor4637]

Did passengers also leave via the jet bridge?

[@JimWhitaker]

Will we see an NTSB report?

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

No. This event doesn't require an NTSB investigation.

[@johnthompson5741]

They require reports for in flight fires so maybe not

[@canadian_aviation]

"A bOeInG aGaIn" no, before the comments go wild, its an Airbus A321Neo

[@Jake-1234]

This was a Boeing. It was the 797.

[@canadian_aviation]

@@Jake-1234 no it was a Tupolev 787 Neo

[@Jake-1234]

@@canadian_aviation No it was definitley a Boeing. It is very easy to tell.

[@ocker2000]

This should be huge wake up call for airports everywhere, training for fire, even for those overworked, underpaid, groundcrew workers must be implemented immediately! This could have been much much worse.

[@WestCoastRailProductions]

Being an airline ground operations employee myself, I know that that spot on the aircraft is the port for the ground power cable that provides electrical power to the aircraft when the APU is not running. This is most likely the result of someone plugging in the cable while the ground power is on. It could also be that the cable is faulty too though. As this is a newer aircraft (an Airbus A321NEO), it’s not likely an issue with the aircraft itself.

[@mattdaugherty7865]

Wow! Not a fire extinguisher in sight!

[@lo2990]

Are you mentally challenged? They aren’t supposed to use the fire extinguisher even if they have one. Instead of making up nonsense about fire extinguishers maybe do a shred of research?

[@Levi-in8eq]

Now compare this with Japan airlines incident where you don't spot any passenger evacuating with luggage.

[@johnp139]

They didn’t have anytime to get up and grab luggage. Besides, seeing the flames outside probably dissuaded that. How many people on USA 1549 had luggage as they huddled on the wings in the middle of the Hudson River???

[@dfg-rg3pd]

Do you not realize that the plane was already parked at the gate with the engines shut down and passengers disembarking? They had already grabbed their luggage before the fire broke out. Would you have preferred them to drop the bags in the aisle to block the way?

[@budgiebreder]

Not gonna lie this was so calm it almost wasnt needed

[@BoAstrup]

there's no fire extinguishers available on the ramp?

[@PilotHaudi]

Ther Firefighter has Holiday and no fire extinguishers nearby

[@NickCBax]

People who work on the ramp have commented here that for safety reasons they're not allowed to fight the fire.

[@soccerguy2433]

they were there within 5 minutes. sparks & smoke at 09:38:48. 1st firetruck on station at 09:44:31

[@NickCBax]

⁠@@soccerguy2433and even more to their credit they might not have been called for 30 to 60 seconds after the first sparks and smoke.

[@lo2990]

Are you mentally challenged? It’s called driving, they don’t just teleport to the fire, you’ve been watching too many Hollywood movies. Second, They aren’t supposed to use fire extinguishers genius. Maybe you should research before spewing the nonsense you made up?

[@zunkman1]

@@soccerguy2433 That's almost 6 minutes.

[@LurkMe]

TIL civilian airlines don't have fire bottles at their terminal

[@MichaelVemuri]

Does it cost for calling fire truck like ambulance in usa?

[@cndvd]

No one slipped of that wing. “Whew !”…. Said Delta

[@proehm]

By the clock, over 6 minutes for airport fire to respond?

[@SergioFrid]

they were finishing their evening cup of coffee

[@InterCity134]

Sooo many questions about ground operations at SeaTac that appear to be awful here. No one in the ground crew can unplug the ground power and get a co2 extinguisher on that? No guidance to the passengers , it’s just ever wondering around Willy Nilly on the tarmac causing a hazards and security concern. Then the fire fighters show up which seems a month too late (when were they called ) and proceed to block the operations by jamming the apron with a dozen vehicles and no action taken on the fire. Was Yackity Sacks playing with this video?

[@gorak9000]

I'm pretty sure the ground power cable is what failed - probably all frayed at the plug from rough treatment. You want to unplug it when it's arcing? That said, there should be a switch or a breaker to turn it off. One even might guess there should be an E-Stop type button easily accessible somewhere to turn the power off...

[@ark14700]

Just a reminder that bringing luggage can lead to injury and jam panicking people during evacuations!

[@SeamusOR]

That was the GPU connection right under the nose. It’s located there in the a320’s. It’s connected to the GPU which provides power to the aircraft while it’s on the ramp.

[@lullimuppi]

Are there no fire extinguishers in the USA?

[@johnp139]

No, too much liability.

[@christinaG23]

To everyone criticizing the ground crew for not fighting the fire. It’s likely that the rules are they are to get clear and call the fire department. That is the way it is at the airport I work at. We are not trained to fight fires, do not have protection and the company doesn’t want us to risk out lives and potentially make things worse. We could get fired for attempting to fight a fire ourselves.

[@norbertdx]

But the video shows a ground person saw the issue, so does policy keep them from at least running around yelling fire?

[@christinaG23]

@@norbertdx I can’t speak for that. If this was the airport I work at we would be away immediately. Not standing on equipment and looking at it.

[@erniecolussy1705]

At your airport, are there disconnect switches to make it possible disconnect power to the power connection? If yes would it be permitted for the person making the cable connection to throw the disconnect switch? Those were the first questions I had. I also wondered about the directing of the evaluated passenger to avoid accidents with the fire equipment or other airport equipment. But I am suspecting that this is such a low probability event that this type of training doesn't happen.

[@christinaG23]

@@erniecolussy1705 Our ground power units have emergency stops. There is also buttons that stop power flowing.

[@erniecolussy1705]

@@christinaG23 Thank you.

[@MrRSKC]

When I worked on the flight line in the USAF there was always a very large fire extinguisher at the nose of ever aircraft, guess that's not the case here.

[@AndreSomers]

It mainly shows the painfully slow reaction of any emergency services and people on the platform just idling around observing a fire in progress in a plane filled with passengers.

[@JohnChuprun]

Passengers carrying their bags... oh jeez

[@searchanddiscover]

They were parked at the gate meaning people as usual were grabbing their things before the doors were open. I'm not sure its a smart idea to have people spend time putting away everything they just took out. I feel like that would take more time than just taking it and go.

Silly comment. Passengers already got their bag before the fire broke and were already starting to disembark the plane.

[@JohnChuprun]

@@searchanddiscover There was someone who was stuck getting out of the wing exit because their bag and jackets were snagged, sitting there tugging on them... good lord. Just sit whatever you have down on an empty seat.

[@JohnChuprun]

You know full well only the people in the aisle are able to stand, and even then no one gets their bag out until the aisle in front of them is clear. Just lucky that fire didn't quickly progress, or start filling the inside with smoke. Super stupid.

@@JohnChuprun No. Most passengers get their carry-on as soon the seat belt sign is off. Would have been better that passengers left their bag in the aisle or on a seat slowing down the evacuation process? Did the crew tell them not to get their bag? In this particular situation, I cannot blame the passengers for getting out of the plane with their bag as they were not aware of the dangerous situation when they got their bag. I am much more concerned by the slow reaction of the ground crew. They don't seem to know what to do.

[@chiplarkin4069]

When you have a plane on fire at the terminal, it should be an Airport All Stop so emergency crews can be expedited to the situation. All pilots are prepared for emergency go arounds. This could have been catastrophic. They are lucky.

[@lo2990]

This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read, you’ve been watching way too much Hollywood. They don’t call an “all stop” because the situation doesn’t call for it.

[@judymarlene3414]

Joey,have you ever seen a grown man naked?

[@johnp139]

Right, the aircraft flaring to land should stop midair.

[@robertteap8052]

I love the quick response in deploying the emergency shuts and how the passengers used them immediately... ( oh, that didn't happen). I love how they had a foam extinguisher there immediately.. ( that didn't happen.. As for the fire engines,...????

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

So - you recommend foam for electrical fires? I'll inform the authorities of your advice.

[@markmichal2952]

Ground power plug to airplane fail. Most likely the jetway power plug and not the airplane caused the problem. Either way, the airplane has the more expensive repair....

[@nadyamullen6098]

So basically no one did anything to disconnect the external power plug or even turn bridge external power off until all the damage was already done.....crazy