New video shows moments when nose of Delta plane briefly catches fire at SEA Airport

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27 күн бұрын

NO AUDIO. Footage obtained from the Port of Seattle.
Passengers and crew aboard a Delta flight that had arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 6 were evacuated after a fire started inside the nose of the plane. No major injuries were reported.
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@garethcroson8851 25 күн бұрын

No fire extinguishers anywhere near the flightline? That's nuts!

@MrDLRu 25 күн бұрын

ya, just watching how much none of the ground crew gave 2 sheets about it...but, typical workforce these days.

@sonyx5332 24 күн бұрын

that's totally pathetic.

@user-nv6ty2sv9r 24 күн бұрын

Or, the ground crew quickly determined (as I did after managing ground operations for 8 years) that a fire extinguisher would have zero effect on an electrical fire until the current flow is stopped. The current flow appears to stop at 4 minutes when visible fire magically disappears. Then, fire assets arrive and wet it down a little as a precaution (and would only have done this with the knowledge that current flow had stopped)

@dervhane 24 күн бұрын

That’s an electrical fire , the ground service on the terminal side had to be faulty! If ground crew don’t know the difference someone would have caused more harm

@danc3488 24 күн бұрын

An active electrical fire like that with the plane still fully charged, an extinguisher would only briefly knock the fire down, it would flare up again in seconds. You have to de-energize the entire plane and that takes a few minutes. By then, the firefighters were there, and the fire was out.

@mspolarbear2239 25 күн бұрын

90 seconds to deploy slides. Took 3 minutes & 30 seconds for all passengers to get off. Almost 6 minutes for fire trucks to arrive. This is the WORST response time I have ever witnessed. If this plane had caught fire very few people would have made it out alive.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Slow your roll there punchy. Being that this was an unannounced emergency, the response time for the fire trucks depends on when they were notified. May have taken a good few minutes for that notification.

@vivvar2000 24 күн бұрын

@@gunhog11 All emergencies are un-announced isn't it ?

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

@@vivvar2000 an announced emergency is one where an aircraft inflight, for example, has an emergency and there is time between then and when it arrives at the airport, thus emergency services has time to be prepared and in standing by. As opposed to an unannounced emergency where the emergency services have to be notified and have to respond from a cold start, with no prior notification.

@virgilhilts3924 24 күн бұрын

"Almost 6 minutes for fire trucks to arrive" -Where did you obtain that number from?

@virgilhilts3924 24 күн бұрын

@@gunhog11 Stop using logic and rational thought... It only confuses the mouth breathers

@MightYoungJoe 25 күн бұрын

6 mins for fire crew to arrive?! WTF

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Depends on when they were notified. May have taken a few minutes.

@virgilhilts3924 24 күн бұрын

On what do you base your assertion on?

@waynemerlo7448 23 күн бұрын

Sleeping?

@650CA 25 күн бұрын

I am disappointed to see that response time

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Depends on when they received notification. Clock starts at that time for response time.

@dermo484 25 күн бұрын

An absolute shambles of a response time.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

When was fire services notified? The clock starts at that time of notification, for an unannounced emergency.

@jordanwilliams2557 25 күн бұрын

looks like the Ground power unit plug in short circuiting

@user-lb6hp6se4g 24 күн бұрын

AND a complete lack of safety training and awareness. POOR all the way around!

@stevenrobinson2381 24 күн бұрын

@@user-lb6hp6se4g ramp rats tend to be not the brightest bulbs in the box. Seriously. Remember the one that got eaten by a turbine engine a year or so ago-she ignored ALL safety breifings-and done ruined a perfectly good engine as a result. Spent some 30+ years in that industry as an A & P mechanic & have seen some individuals that had absolutely NO business whatsoever on a ramp.

@justing42 22 күн бұрын

@@stevenrobinson2381 still on the line as an A/P.....you NAILED it

@kennethleo8844 25 күн бұрын

Maybe its just me.....but the word "briefly" means 10 seconds or less

@stonew1927 25 күн бұрын

Exactly. The fire lasted a while. Definitely wasn't "brief."

@jamesperkins4597 25 күн бұрын

Didn't fizzle out for about 4 minutes.

@MrDLRu 25 күн бұрын

About 7min before any fire suppressant hit the fire area...That's is one lame airport and ground crew.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Gotta figure out when the fire dept was called. Might have taken a couple of mins before anyone did.

@MrDLRu 24 күн бұрын

@@gunhog11 ....when you figure that out, subtract that from 7min and that will tell you how long it took to drive to the scene...let us know

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

@@MrDLRu wouldn’t be surprised if there was a fairly good delay before anyone called the ARFF station, seeing as how most people on the ramp were running around like a clown show.

@TeemarkConvair 25 күн бұрын

",,as you deplane via a slide, be SURE to take ALL your belonging with you!!" 4 minutes in and STILL clearing planes to taxi as passengers mill about,,what a cluster!!

@user-kk7pf2vx1h 24 күн бұрын

Honestly, you would not want to be the guy reaching for his luggage if I was on that plane, things would not go well for you. Also, pathetic response by ground personnel, guaranteed there are fire extinguishers on all those support vehicles and a bunch more in the nearby terminal. THIS is why flying scares me, not because of potential crashes or fires, but idiot passengers.

@stanseawa 25 күн бұрын

What a total embarrassment!!! All people running away not a single person takes a fire extinguisher out of their vehicles all driving away with aircraft full of defenseless passengers. 6 minutes before emergency arrived and parked on the wrong end of the airplane. Wild, wild west more like whole bunch of free range chickens, shame on all involved 🫣

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Depends on when the fire dept was called, due to it being an unannounced emergency. If it took a few minutes too, then the clock starts then. Plus, and this is the pathetic part, the ramp personnel aren’t trained at many airlines to use the large ramp fire extinguishers that are all around the flightline. Those are mostly there for show, it would seem.

@dervhane 24 күн бұрын

@@gunhog11they could have called the supervisor who instructed don’t do anything if it’s an electrical fire , that’s 115V nothing to play with

@user-lb6hp6se4g 24 күн бұрын

SO TRUE. POOR SAFETY training by all!

@mamazoni123 25 күн бұрын

Absolutely terrifying

@q-dawg1910 24 күн бұрын

Notice how they DON'T specify that it's an Airbus A321 NEO in the title. DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT!

@vialtrucking 21 күн бұрын

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut if it were a boeing....

@richardpark3054 20 күн бұрын

It's not popular to hammer Airbus, just Boeing.

@garyyoung3179 20 күн бұрын

@@richardpark3054 Not really relevant in this case as the cause was not the plane but a faulty GPU cable connected by the ground handling crew.

@richardpark3054 20 күн бұрын

@@garyyoung3179 The haters won't care.

@MrMeflying 25 күн бұрын

Airport firefighters response time supposed to be 2 minutes or less, where are they ?

@gunhog11 25 күн бұрын

5 mins. Depends when the notification came in. I’m more interested in how no one appears to know how to use a fire extinguisher.

@dermo484 25 күн бұрын

3min

@72sat360 25 күн бұрын

Fire extinguishers dont stop an electrical short. Short still remains.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

@@72sat360 The fire extinguisher puts out the residual fire when the power was shut off

@andreea007 24 күн бұрын

Since we don't know when they received the notification, we can't know how much it took them to respond. It may be well within 3 minutes.

@tassoskard8157 25 күн бұрын

Fire bored to wait for the firefighters and was extinguished by it self!

@TeemarkConvair 25 күн бұрын

🤣

@bv3bv334 24 күн бұрын

👏

@dickenskowuor9851 22 күн бұрын

Or the source of current was switched off

@tassoskard8157 19 күн бұрын

@@dickenskowuor9851 For sure, but it's funnier thinking it differently ;)

@viperq 25 күн бұрын

Media be like "Boeing problems again" eventhough is a A321.

@TeemarkConvair 25 күн бұрын

for sure

@micheldagher7034 25 күн бұрын

this is not an A321

@micheldagher7034 25 күн бұрын

it is a boeing 737

@JR-rs4vd 25 күн бұрын

I fly this and it’s definitely a 321

@JR-rs4vd 25 күн бұрын

And this was most likely a ground power cable failure. Gate power is notoriously trash, but this is a new one

@steveo8991 24 күн бұрын

Had this same issue on a DC10 years ago. I just ran up and grabbed the burning power cord and unplugged from the airplane. Problem solved in two seconds.

@MrMeflying 25 күн бұрын

No-one has a fire distinguisher ?

@furtjager117 25 күн бұрын

Pretty sure it wouldn’t take a fire distinguisher to distinguish a fire from a non-fire.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Extinguishers all over the ramp area there, but no rampers trained to use them believe it or not

@justing42 22 күн бұрын

@@gunhog11 no there aren't

@makenko 24 күн бұрын

This is exactly how not to handle an emergency.

@AaronHarberg 21 күн бұрын

That was embarrassing, everyone was totally unprepared on the ground. The fire was out before the response got there!

@jamesgabaldon1239 24 күн бұрын

Interesting that it took a few minutes before emergency exits were open. What were they waiting for? Then the fire dept shows up much later, pretty lights and shiny trucks. Did we disturb you?

@shopdog831 24 күн бұрын

This looks like an electrical fire at the plug socket. Likely a junky jet bridge plug which caught fire not the landing gear.

@rupommahmud3255 25 күн бұрын

nobody doing nothing........so very strange

@justing42 22 күн бұрын

come hang out at an airport for about a week....this is normal

@HectorCampos-bx4pi 21 күн бұрын

@@justing42 WOW!

@centerofgravity1489 25 күн бұрын

Looks like unorganized chaos. Where is the fire bottle that should be at the nose of the airplane? Why are the passengers allowed to run around in all different directions without anyone to show them where to go? What a laugh.. All for a shorting out electric cord plugging into the plane. Shutting off power to the cord would have been a good first call. NOPE not even that..

@EJWash57 25 күн бұрын

I'm sure the extinguisher cart is in front of the nose of the aircraft. The question is, are any of the ground crew trained to use it? Even know what it is?

@paullucas6019 25 күн бұрын

why did they place the slide at the rear door and then not open it? Was there a problem with the door? All passengers had to exit out the wing doors, many took their luggage! Don't they have training and emergency plans in place? That was crazy!

@centerofgravity1489 25 күн бұрын

@@EJWash57 yes this very true.

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

@@EJWash57 Correct. Large fire extinguishers at every gate. But no ramp people trained to use them apparently. So there they sit.

@davidsmiths5471 8 күн бұрын

Where exactly are these fire bottles? Or are you another non ramper that knows everything

@arizonawildflwr 25 күн бұрын

I had boarded a plane at Sea Tac waiting to take off to Sacramento CA and they announced a delay because the battery was dead 😮 It took all my positive thinking abilities to remain on the plane 😂

@yohannessulistyo4025 23 күн бұрын

No flickering cabin, cockpit, and other lights (nav and logo are still on), I assume the APU is also on? Plane looks totally chill AF. Meanwhile, the GPU plug and cable glows brightly. That's quite electrical flame that's notoriously difficult to put down. I really like how there is that one ramp agent casually standing there watching (hopefully also frantically calling fire team on his HT), while a slide is deploying. You can put on Yakety Sax, which plays approximately as long as the fire response. What happened to those all-kinds-of-fire kind of fire extinguisher they wheeled along when pushingback an airplane? I thought every parking stand / gate bound to have one. Otherwise, I understood that all those live engines from that Delta Airbus completing its pushback behind this plane on fire, and that arriving Alaska 737 traffic might complicate emergency responder access. But the ramp should have all the equipment to deal with this kind of situation, since we are increasingly using GPUs to reduce emission.

@lawrencemartin1113 24 күн бұрын

Serious questions need answering on the response for this fire. Crazy delays and well outside required minimum response times for international airports. Shocking. Thankfully it appears everyone made it out safely.

@virgilhilts3924 24 күн бұрын

"well outside required minimum response times for international airports" -Prove your assertion

@marky30mark 25 күн бұрын

Crew working must be professional

@Musichustleinc1 25 күн бұрын

The media is going to blame Boeing lol smh, I’m happy that everyone is safe.

@user-kk7pf2vx1h 24 күн бұрын

That will be interesting since the aircraft is an A320 NEO...

@lucky5853 18 күн бұрын

Flight ops should have seen this and reacted immediately. Were they out to lunch?

@moshesierra6849 24 күн бұрын

The ground crew didn’t even notice that the aircraft was on fire

@JoshuaFuller-jb7kt 23 күн бұрын

Electrical fire. If ramper would have used their fire bottle they would have gotten fried. And without killing the electrical source even a “dry bottle” wouldnt work. But why did it take so long to get the fire trucks there, thats concerning. First thing we learn in training though is no evacuation ever goes smoothly because passengers are involved.

@davidsmiths5471 8 күн бұрын

Do you even work on a ramp! Cause your comment is misleading

@sos650sos 22 күн бұрын

Is there some reason the fire dept didn’t pull the apparatus up to near the seat of the fire? Rookies.

@mark-os6fj 24 күн бұрын

I still have the best luck with service and being on time with Delta.

@xm15e2commando 25 күн бұрын

The passengers scramble, the gate/aircraft crew are not excited because they have worked Delta gates before.

@pukaseek 23 күн бұрын

I swear, the ground crew are walking around like nothing’s happening. And WHY did it take so long for the fire trucks to get there and when they did stationed way too far from fire. Ground crew did nothing to direct them.

@ouchmyfinger5054 24 күн бұрын

911: "911 whats your emergency?" Passenger: "The plane is on fire!" 911: "Please hold."

@mecaterpillar 23 күн бұрын

9:38:42PM Fire starts 9:40:02PM First slide deployed 9:40:32PM People start exiting through emergency exits 9:42:19PM Last evacuating person walks away from the plane 9:42:39PM Fire appears to go out 9:43:49PM First vehicle with flashing lights arrives 9:44:26PM First fire truck arrives

@Aquatic4 24 күн бұрын

The pilots: seems a bit toasty in here..

@fromtheflightdeck252 23 күн бұрын

Very, very slow response, could have been catastrophic.

@randym9147 23 күн бұрын

Meanwhile they just leave all the passengers onboard...

@bigsby211 21 күн бұрын

Can be used as a training video for what not to do!!!!

@BIBIWCICC 23 күн бұрын

3.30 seconds before anyone attempted to tackle or isolate! This airport isn’t fit to operate passenger aircraft!

@amazinganimalsshorts4380 23 күн бұрын

Lol, the fire eventually put itself out. It got tired of waiting for the firefighters. 😂😂 "EMBARRASSING!"

@mweathers79 24 күн бұрын

Appears to be an electrical fire.

@HectorCampos-bx4pi 21 күн бұрын

Appears that no one at that Airport is properly trained.

@ronwade2206 24 күн бұрын

4 minutes later the fire got bored and went out!

@BrianR-ew6zs 24 күн бұрын

5 minutes and NO fire trucks ....way to go SEA.

@mark-os6fj 25 күн бұрын

Ok fire is out everyone back on board!

@dervhane 24 күн бұрын

Everyone blaming the ground crew personnel should know what they talking about before blaming the ground crew! There’s a fault ground service power cord which went up in flames which is AN ELECTRICAL FIRE ! There are different classes of extinguishers around all airports but you should identify the source before you hurt yourself in the process ! This is how you are trained in each airport

@garymackey850 24 күн бұрын

So I guess their training doesn't specify that for electrical, you grab CO2? How about some training for ground staff that says....You see a fire in a cord/plug, throw a breaker?

@dervhane 24 күн бұрын

@@garymackey850 the ground equipment should automatically turn off, even if you don’t have it plugged all the way in , it should shut off automatically ! When stuff happens everyone doesn’t respond as a hero , and sometimes people do and get hurt some don’t ! Fortunately everyone made it off safe , the aircraft can be repaired !

@davidsmiths5471 8 күн бұрын

I will blame the ground crew and you for misinformation! And I do know what I'm talking about! Kill the power,unplug the cord, and use the correct the fire extinguisher! But your statement shows the mentality of this country. Make excuses, blame other factors!

@jeremyd1298 23 күн бұрын

Luckily planes don't run on gasoline. That'd be bad.

@rupommahmud3255 25 күн бұрын

electric fire

@JeffThomas0001 23 күн бұрын

Is that another Bumming I meant Boeing?

@s.c8410 20 күн бұрын

So many people carry their luggage.

@MrMeflying 25 күн бұрын

it is battery compartment to power pilot cabin instruments.

@72sat360 25 күн бұрын

Explains the molten metal dripping off. Electrical shorts can get pretty hot.

@rockodroco 23 күн бұрын

A fire that put itself out because everyone around it took too long to do it, lol this has got to be a joke. Worst emergency response ever! No one on the ground seemed to have a sense of urgency at all...

@fortheloveofcars4655 24 күн бұрын

Look at all the idiots bringing their bags with them

@Camerenreynolds 23 күн бұрын

Guys, I cannot believe its another scary Boeing incident...........................................................................(Yall, I know its an A321NEO and just pointing out how whenever Boeing has issues no matter how small BOEING is in headline, but this isn't lol)

@joshiasbaja3934 24 күн бұрын

Very embarrassing

@marktunstill9076 24 күн бұрын

I’m curious, how long did it take for fire responders to arrive?

@SaniBravo 25 күн бұрын

😮

@edlocke5652 24 күн бұрын

bad procedures, little or no training, bad behavoure from ground crew.

@CabinGirl57 25 күн бұрын

AIRBUS AIRBUS AIRBUS

@EJWash57 25 күн бұрын

For a change, eh?

@jordanwilliams2557 25 күн бұрын

@@EJWash57 actually, there was a hawaiian a330 and a a321 that both had emergencies last week

@EJWash57 25 күн бұрын

@@jordanwilliams2557 HA02 HNL-LAX, A330-200, low tire pressure indication, declared emergency as a precaution. Found a report of an American Airlines A-321 hard landing in Maui this last January.

@leftseat30 24 күн бұрын

Looks more EXTERNAL POWER. EXTTERNAL POWER. EXTERNAL POWER....but what do I know?

@mbtwchannel 24 күн бұрын

This is an Airbus problem

@humbertomonteiro6742 23 күн бұрын

😂😂, nope, a plug problem....

@HiDave0016 23 күн бұрын

I remember taking a tour of the airport fire fighting team and facilities back in the 80s, as a cub scout, I remember then saying they had to train to get to a fire in 2 minutes because that was how long a cabin could hold up against a fire. Oh well, so much for that. No one gives a crap anymore. They so act like the shop pilot were from Galaxy quest. I had a fire Saturday in my dad's car One time, hooking up a CB, lol, two wires crossed, instant fire, yanked the wires out, put out the fire, moved on. Tell my dad, he'll no ,lol. Common sense people. Call the fire team, try to Yank it the wire, CO2 fire extinguisher of you have it, even better, there had to be an emergency shut off switch. It's a freaking short circuit, it happens. My freaking god, it's kind Idiocracy. We are all so freaking doomed.

@virgilhilts3924 23 күн бұрын

"they had to train to get to a fire in 2 minutes" -That would be incorrect -Further, the time here would be unknown since you have no idea when they were dispatched

@bronco6456 24 күн бұрын

😴

@franckdeloison7963 20 күн бұрын

CHAPEAU AUX POMPIERS 6 MINUTES POUR ARRIVER

@PearlKittens-dv1sh 20 күн бұрын

3:39 😂😂😂 what a clown show. Embarrassing delta

@tassoskard8157 25 күн бұрын

Probably firetrucks were electric and the charging was not complete when fire broke up :)

@coolgatz708 25 күн бұрын

What?

@tassoskard8157 19 күн бұрын

@@coolgatz708 Come on buddy...just a joke!

@vancekeith5642 24 күн бұрын

The fire department was obviously in bed or baking cookies at the station. Good to know that on one single ramoer had access to a fire extinguished or just didnt care

@gunhog11 24 күн бұрын

Depends when the Fire Dept was notified. Probably took a couple of minutes or so. Clock for response starts at that time.

@virgilhilts3924 24 күн бұрын

"The fire department was obviously in bed or baking cookies at the station" -What do you base such an assertion on?

@gunhog11 22 күн бұрын

@@virgilhilts3924 On how fire responses are timed. The fire dept doesn’t have a crystal ball. They have to be notified of an emergency, and thats when the clock starts for response time for an unannounced emergency. Right out of 14 CFR 139

@KenGalland 22 күн бұрын

Lets not forget all the STUPID MORONIC Passengers who just have to stand around with their cell phones out. A flight line is a very dangerous place even not in a emergency.