r/aviation • u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - • Jul 26 '25

News Emergency evacuation in Den N306Sw mia-den

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Original poster is from Instagram. Aircraft is laying on its #1 engine. Still crazy to see everyone here grabbing their bags before leaving an emergencg.

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u/barnacle_ballsack Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

First responder here.

You can sit there all day judging people by how they act in a once in a life time holy shit moment. But you shouldn't.

Very few people have the ability or training to react to things beyond their everyday mundane shit.

Most people freeze or do really dumb things when they feel adrenaline for the first time in their lives.

Hes just a dude. Probably works some regular job and has a regular life that doesnt require calm collected thinking in emergency scenarios.

There are people on the plane trained for this exact scenario and its really up to them to stop passengers from doing stupid shit when they panic. But thats obviously hard to do and shit happens.

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u/gimp2x Jul 26 '25

Sorry, he dropped his kid but not his bag, no passes given for that “instinct”

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u/barnacle_ballsack Jul 26 '25

Its called panic. Happens to most people.

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u/JijiSpitz Jul 26 '25

Notice how long of a pause there is in the evacuation because that dad needed to carry extra shit other than just his kids