Aircraft Evacuations

Reminds me of the British Airways Las Vegas fire, with passengers coming down the chutes with baggage and taking selfies with the fire in the background.

Superb and calm professionalism shown by crew, with incredible stupidity shown by some of the passengers.

Central locking for the overhead bins sounds a really ingenious and simple solution, although a huge cost to retrofit.

Steve, central locking is a good idea but the aviation industry moves very slowly and it could take up to 15 years for approval.  Taking carry on allowances bag to, say, 10 kilos would be something the airlines could do very quickly.  Also, they should get the emergency cards reprinted with a suitable graphic for leaving bags behind.

Bizarrely, Dubai Government has imposed a ban on residents saying anything about the crash on social media.  That's why my contact there was unusually reticent; he works at the airport.

Fascinating isn't it, even now Governments are still trying to control social media. Instead of embracing it, turn a negative into a positive, showing the world class professionalism of a modern airport, passengers all got out ok, etc etc. 

Interim report published a couple of weeks ago and it mentions the evacuation difficulties due to the fire and weather conditions (very windy), as well as passengers trying to take bags with them.

It appears that insufficient time may not have been allowed between powering up engines for go-around and retraction of undercarriage.  There is some speculation outside of the report about flight deck inexperience (Captain 34).  Hope the Dubai Government don't "spin" the final report, if human error is the cause.