Just saw this on the news. Report was took-off from Baltimore, had fire in the cockpit and landed 7 minutes later. 7 minutes is pretty quick and that's one emergency that scares me. Sounds like they did a good job. Anybody have details???
The Pelican

 

Southwest flight returns to BWI after cockpit fire - Examiner.com

 

I believe the cause was hot flight attendants standing in close proximity to the abundant and highly flammable wads of paper currency in the pilots' pockets. Must be nice. Anyone want to write me a recommendation?

Great work by the crew. Thank you for demonstrating to the public that pilots are indeed valuable.

 

Great post! I'll write you one!

 

It was caused by a siezed gasper fan. Good job by the crew though. Seven minutes is impressive.

 

I guess some of our male flight attendants are hot, if your into that kind of thing, or overweight grandma's

 

Funny, but why are you checking out the guys?

 

7 minutes is pretty quick....unless your on fire! It must have seemed like an eternity. Kudos to the crew!

 

Flames make for an intense emotional experience. I saw a wingman starting an F15 once will a tailpipe fire..hadn't seen that before and all saw was flames pouring out of the back end of the jet. I tried to say in my best fighter voice "Hey TWO...looks like you've got a fire in the aft section of the jet...might want to egress and get out there there".

Somehow, however, it came out...

"uh.....um.....dude......uh....FIRE! There's FIRE back on the back of your JET! GET OUT OF THERE!" For some reason, (and I had already been in combat before), seeing your bros jet BURNING is a bit compelling and my mind sort of froze for several potatoes. I've been a little less critical of guys who have had "girl voices" on the radio after a major problem since then...

Sounds like that crew did a magnificient job. Kudos to all of them...

 

Now that's some funny stuff!

Great job to the SWA crew! What a scary experience!