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Old 10-20-2011 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Toast1927
It was an MD11. We listened to the entire event.

When they called they were approximately 120 miles from STL, I did not hack a clock but it seemed like it took 18-25 min to get down.

The crew said they had a "Cargo Smoke Indication" and had "discharged the agents"

There was two jumpseaters on board, and they did ask the tower where to turn off the runway and that they would be exiting the aircraft by using the slide.

As we all know this is an event no one wants to go through, I can say listening to it unfold is no picnic either.
18-25 minutes? Dang, that seems like forever. Oh well, airplane is intact and nobody got hurt. Good job to the crew.
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