British Airways passengers fled a burning plane with luggage. Here’s why you shouldn’t do that (washingtonpost.com)

September 11, 2015

Your plane is on fire. You can see smoke billowing outside the windows. Flight attendants are screaming to evacuate. So you unbuckle your seat belt, stand up, open the overhead compartment and make sure you grab that nice piece of luggage you brought with you.

I mean, you can’t possibly let it burn!

Wait, what?

That scenario might seem like something straight out of a “How NOT to Evacuate a Burning Airplane” guide, but it is very real. The terrifying scene unfolded on a Las Vegas tarmac when the engine of a British Airways Boeing 777-200 burst into flames.

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