Southwest APU Fire KSNA

[DogwoodLynx]

Looks like no one was hurt which is good.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...moke-cabin-fire-santa-ana-john-wayne-airport/

 

[Dphoenix]

Yikes. Glad that everybody is OK. It's a bit surreal looking at the photos when I fly in and out of there all the time.

 

[bike21]

Commuted home from SNA last night, must've just missed this. My captain was heading home on SWA to PHX and after the crazy trip we'd just finished I figured he would've been on this plane. Glad everyone is ok.

Oh and this a big reason why I dislike not getting paid until push.

 

[DogwoodLynx]

Yikes. Glad that everybody is OK. It's a bit surreal looking at the photos when I fly in and out of there all the time.

That’s the airport I fly into when I go see my parents...

 

[bLizZuE]

Always one slide that doesn't deploy right. Good job putting the fire out (airplane?) and getting out.

 

[DogwoodLynx]

Always one slide that doesn't deploy right. Good job putting the fire out (airplane?) and getting out.

Yep I think the internal fire suppression system put it out. Glad to know that works I guess

 

[mshunter]

All those cellphones, and no one got a damn video?

 

[knot4u]

I can imagine the cabin on a Southwest flight at the gate that starts to fill with smoke from an APU issue, thinking about how I'd react as a passenger gives me anxious feels. Stuck in a tube with no way out except over or through my fellow travelers. My claustrophobia seems to worsen as I age.

 

[Skåning]

I can imagine the cabin on a Southwest flight at the gate that starts to fill with smoke from an APU issue, thinking about how I'd react as a passenger gives me anxious feels. Stuck in a tube with no way out except over or through my fellow travelers. My claustrophobia seems to worsen as I age.

No it's definitely a rational fear. It was like a million years ago but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airtours_Flight_28M

Showed us how a ground evac can be just as dangerous of a situation.