Flightradar24 Thread Part III

A fire in the air is one of the most unpredictable problems that a crew can face, it may be as minor as a failed fan, or something left in an oven, or it can result in the loss of the entire aircraft and passengers (SR111, MD11, in flight fire, 229 killed), so while this one incident was relatively minor, and had no dramatic consequences, we can make that assessment with 20/20 hindsight, at the time, for the crew and passengers, it would have been a worrying incident, which is why it was treated as a full emergency, with other flights put into holding patterns to expedite the landing of the aircraft with the emergency.

If the news media are having a slow day, if there's any sort of delay in releasing a full informed statement, you may be sure that someone will ramp the severity of the incident, paper never refuses ink, and the reporters are keen to get their names highlighted.

The same sort of thing happens in some places on Boards, the best example I can think of is the weather forum, there are a number of people who will be desperate to be the first to report falling snow over the next months.

The good aspect of the incident is that no one has been injured or hurt, and the airframe has not been significantly damaged. That's the right result as far as I'm concerned.