"CANCEL TAKEOFF!" | British Airways Bomb Threat and Airport Evacuation at Bermuda Airport
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2024
- May 6, 2024
TXKF - Hamilton, Bermuda
A British Airways Boeing 777, operating as flight BWA18B, was cleared for takeoff when ATC advised them to immediately cancel takeoff clearance and hold on the runway. Information gathered from the tower controller stated authorities became aware of a bomb threat to the flight, as well as a threat against the airport terminal.
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Captain had every right to emergency evacuate that aircraft, unbelievable how long the delay was .
My question is why were the steps so important? Once he was safely off the runway I would have activated the emergency slides to get the people off and away from the aircraft. As far as the long delay, I'm sure the airport management had their hands full trying to get the terminal evacuated in an orderly fashion. Unless there other aircraft right behind speedbird waiting to takeoff they could closed the airport, have had him hold where he was and evacuate the aircraft.
@@TheGospelQuartetParadise Using slides will cause injuries. A random e-mail doesn't justify injuring people by making them use slides.
@@MrFredericandre Spot on.
The airport authorities were dealing with two bomb threats. Evacuating the terminal would be a natural priority.
The captain always has the authority to evacuate using the slides, he or she doesn’t need airport or ATC permission.
Pilots are amazing how calm they are. So professional. I would love to have the calm and collective attitude of this pilot. What an amazing example of a person doing a professional job under what could of been catastrophic circumstances.
this is quite common actually - hence, strict annual training! #MOT #FAA #AC #flightattendant #global
I am jumping out of my chair! This is totally unacceptable. The lady from the tower has been doing her best, but the services were not organized.
Island time - Island speed 🙄 typical!
Bet they had to call many of their employees at home and wake them up, telling them to return to the airport asap! Remember it’s a small island not a huge hub like LHR CDG FRA YYZ LAX etc… ;)
Agreed- toooo many standbys
Well done to the Captain. Clearly he is following the highest levels of security and service. Bermuda get your emergency systems in place !
That Captain was incredibly patient with the Air Traffic Controller, the Airport management really should be embarrassed by how they handled this situation, a bomb threat on an aircraft filled with passengers should not take almost an hour to evacuate.
You forgot they had a bomb threat at the teminal too. Maybe they did not have enough staff to handle bomb threats in multiple locations.
so dissapointing to hear the white-centric pilot world make these demands of the people of color in bermuda
The controller was alone in the tower, did an excellent job and was obviously very busy trying to get a response from an unprepared airport authority.. put the criticism where it is warranted!!
@@mikedooling6283 I wasn’t blaming the Controller but her management for the way they responded to this incident, and I was praising the Captain for being so patient with her, some Captains may have been more rude or insulting but he seemed to understand that she was doing the best job she could under the circumstances
Thanks for the clarification…By lumping the controller in with the comments of “being patient “ I inferred it was criticism..appreciate your response.
Unbelievable, the inefficiency.
Holy cow! This is insane!!!!
Firstly I can hear the stress in the Captains voice, luckily he didn’t have a stroke. For those who think a trip down the slides is the same as a play park, it is NOT there are ALWAYS injuries which no doubt the keyboard warriors would then say sue the airline if it was a hoax. I don’t need to comment on how badly this all went.
Not in any hurry to visit Bermuda! What incompetence!
I just said that to my husband. No Bermuda trips for us.
It’s not just 🇧🇲 Bermuda, but any small island 🏝️ country! All in perspective..
It appears this airport does not have any SOP for a bomb threat!!!! To have a bomb threat and 40 minutes later with no evacuation of aircraft! Seems like the captain is the one who is organizing the entire circumstances!!!!
Not "A" bomb threat. 2 bomb threats at least. One on the aircraft and one at the terminal. As this was not a huge airport, perhaps they just didn't have the staff or emergency personnel to cover dual emergencies that both required emergency services.
OMG the delay! Bermuda airport is incredibly unstructured for emergencies!!!!! You could tell that the lady in the Tower was doing her absolute best, accolades to her! She should receive a promotion for her excellent work! Shame, shame, SHAME on the executive management staff at that airport, and the owners of that airport, for such utter incompetence!!!
So...who do you think is evacuating the terminal? How many simultaneous bomb threats should they be prepared for, to meet your definition of organized?
The delay in the evacuation of this aircraft was unacceptable. I think the captain couldn't believe it either. I don't know who this comes down too but better protocols are needed surely! Waiting a further 20mins for the steps, i am surprised considering the threat the slides wasn't used by the captain.
Yeah. "hopefully" is not something an airliner captain wants to hear
The poor pilots and crew. Were the passengers aware. Just terrifying. So unnecessarily extra stressful
He probably didn’t tell them anything but there being a problem with the plane
I am so grateful this video was posted on here. It's alerted me never to fly to this airport. Emergency response is virtually non existent.
What a mess
TXKF - What a train wreck in EM-SOP! Hopefully the airport learned something from this and reevaluated their procedures for EM such as these.
The airport authorities were dealing with two bomb threats. Evacuating the terminal would be a natural priority.
I used to work part-time in Bermuda (the other time in New York). Bermuda is indeed an extraordinary place to visit, but the entire infrastructure is third world. I was hospitalized twice, on different occasions, and you cannot believe the incompetence. For an island that hosts so many banks and insurance companies, you’d think they’d have the resources and competence to do a better job. One anecdote: our main contact in Bermuda, a certain Mr Peniston, gave my company a hard time about absolutely everything. I’m sure he was looking for a “financial incentive.” Our dealings with him came to an abrupt end when the local police found him in a men’s restroom with….how to say this delicately…..another man’s Peniston down his throat. This was in 1987.
Totally incompetent operation at BDA totally unprepared for a bomb threat … terrible
They were checking if the email was real. Apparently the stamps had not been fixed on properly and it was missing a handwritten signature.
The airport authorities were dealing with two bomb threats. Evacuating the terminal would be a natural priority.
@@thies7831 blow that you check but you evacuate to safety as fast as possible first.
@@britasmith8008 No panic. Apologies for adding a sarcastic comment to this volatile emotional mix. Evacuation at best time was highly recommended, of cause. However, having 2 disabled passengers on board, sending them down the slide wasn't an easy decision.
Repacking the slides at a "sloppy" airport such as Bermuda might not be possible, so an empty flight to the nearest maintenance base, preferably in the UK, would have been another bad turn in this event, had the threat been a hoax only.
Wowza.....what an age that took. Very calm despite the obvious difficulties emerging. It just goes to show that no doubt many places prepare well for single emergencies, but never train or prepare for multiple or large scale threats. Clearly they were totally caught out by the chaos factor involved in having an aircraft incident running in tandem with the whole terminal building threat. "Lessons have been learned".....?
40 minutes since threat and fire department isnon standby by the tower? And they were told to hold? This is horrid.
Well that's Bermuda off my list of holiday destinations. Several civilisations were born and died before the Speedbird plane was evacuated.
The organisation of this airport is beyond belief, would not have happened at a UK airport.
Think this country is off my travel plans
All I can do is shake my head at the way this Bermuda airport shockingly coordinated the evacuation of this British Airway flight. I am surprised the captain did not do an emergency evacuation and use the slides. It would seem to me it’s appropriate emergency procedures need to be thoroughly reviewed at this airport…
I stand to be corrected but this airport is in Bermuda ( Archipelago of 7 islands). Thus not a big airport compared to LHR or JFK. Much smaller complement of staff across all genres of responsibility. In all probability, never had to deal with such a serious situation like a bomb threat. So kudos to lady in the Tower. She probably had loads of calls to make to Fire, Police, Airport Security etc. There was only so much she could do. Wouldn't surprise me that the lifestyle in such a beautiful tropical island is very laid back and would take a while to get officials into emergency mode. The Captain was very patient in dealing with the situation in spite of the extreme danger the bomb threat posed. Evacuating passengers via chutes/slides is a last ditch operation. Many serious injuries can occur during such a disembarkation. Since the video ended rather abruptly, I am assuming all ended well and the bomb threat was a hoax. Being a British Territory no doubt MI6 investigated and found the hoaxer and he/she is safely behind bars for a long time.
Great video, by the way 👍👌🤗
The delay is totally unacceptable, that bomb could have gone off by then and those evacuated at the terminal should not have had priority but understanding that resources were limited from having to evacuate the terminal; still, the souls on board are just as important; captain should have activated the slides even though injuries may have happened
Seems like over an hour to start getting people off the plane, very disorganized, and very disappointing, this is very stressful for the pilots trying to get the passengers and crew off the plane ASAP.
One of my first 'shout's' as we called them was to a bomb threat in the terminal, cars on fire in the carpark, a bomb threat on an A320, and a ground incident for a taxing 332 helicopter.
We attended all within 90 seconds. We were stretched to the bone, and still managed to deal with everything at the same time.
In the end it turned out the 332 had went over on it's starboard side, the rotor's hit the tarmac and exploded. Part's of it hit the A320 ripping a hole out of it's side and wing. The terminal building had been hit by large chucks, a hole gouged out with a bit of propeller hanging out, windows smashed.
The car's in the carpark also got hit igniting several fire's.
We got the terminal evacuated, the Airbus on a secluded ramp for bomb threat's and hostage's, and we got the 332 ground incident dealt with. Incident's closed within the hour, airfield remained open throughout albeit we dropped down a category until we reopened.
This incident is a joke, and the captain should never have been put in this position. Bomb threat's happen all the time, pretty common in aviation firefighting. We also have access to steps to get you off.lol
Wow - what a dereliction of duty by the Tower (not this controller; the tower itself and management) - not to mention some outrageously inappropriate policies and procedures.
This took way longer than it should have, but I must say, I could listen to this lady on the radio all day long.
I'm glad this wasn't something critical like a bomb threat or anything! What The ACTUAL F*CK is wrong with the Tower?
What is wrong is- she is incompetent…
I'm not going to critique the organization of people dealing with two bomb threats simultaneously. Where exactly were they supposed to evacuate the passengers to?
Anywhere away from the plane or buildings ,.
Took similar amount of time from threat received to evacuate my high school when I was a teen.
Thats just crazy hope everyone is ok!
Yup. It was a series of hoax threats made to various island , not just Bermuda, no real bombs , all are safe and nothing transpired
What a gong show. That airport is a total operational mess.
The tower controller just doesn't understand or doesn't care that all these lives are at risk. She just wants to manage the situation because that's what air traffic controllers do. And her mind she's just supposed to organize and make things orderly. She's lost sight of the fact that this is an emergency.
In fairness, she was in a difficult situation and did her best in the circumstances. She doesn't have a magic wand to conjur up emergency services. The airport services let her and the BA flight down.
I was waiting for her to offer a discount on a future order. This is the worse communication than I have had with any customer service rep.
You obviously dont know what you’re talking about!
Can you imagine if they made this video in real time and not truncated for the times when nothing was being transmitted? It was hard to listen to. If I were that pilot I would have likely evacuated the aircraft via the slides. That would likely result in a few minor injuries but he would have had a good reason to back up his decision. I hope this airport does a deep de-brief after this incident because it seems there are areas that can be seriously improved upon.
They are definitely on island time there at BDA.
If I was the captain the plane would have been emptied by now. Fuck the instructions from the run around department
This is why you will never be a captain.
Thanks for telling us all you have no idea about being an airline captain.
I think the issue is with the protocol and emergency services.
or dealing with 2 bomb threats.
What an inept airport. Mañana.
island time is forever! 40 minutes is 4 minutes in island time
this performance is the worst i have seen. even our public sector is more organized..
What a disgusting way to handle an emergency on an airport, that lady in the Control Tower sounded as if she couldn't care less about the bomb scare on the plane, the emergency services should have been on their way to the aircraft as soon as they received the call about the bomb, I will make sure I don't every fly into Bermuda airport, they should be ashamed of them selves
How ridiculous ,. What a disgrace
Those of you making racist/island comments have obviously never lived on a small island, let alone worked at the airport or flown in or out of it. Policy is to have a single ATC on the late shift, if not during the day as well. They had two bomb threats at once, and they have limited emergency services and airport employees. I wouldn’t be surprised of the car rental people were pressed into service (hyperbole, people). Fire department stages out of range so they don’t also get destroyed if the worst should happen, and they are 2 seconds away if it should. What would be the point of putting the rescuers in harms way? And finally, that ATC did a tremendous job at handling an incredible amount of information and remaining calm. Yes they should be prepared for an emergency. If the airlines are concerned about safety they should reconsider flying into that airport, especially at night.
Absolute shambles. Cannot believe how badly this was handled. 9:46 As soon as they received a bomb threat against the aircraft an evacuation should have been ordered immediately. It seems this was in the control of just the tower operator making and taking phone calls. The Captain had every right to use the slides for an evacuation given the time he had to wait, but he's obviously reluctant to use slides because of the possibility of injury.
The airport managers need to do a thorough review of this shambles and along with emergency services implement a bomb threat procedure.
I'm just pleased this was a hoax because if it had been real many lives would have been lost.
Credit to the flight crew who remained totally calm throughout despite having little help from ground controllers.
Fair play to the ATC lady she was very clear and concise, you could hear the pilots frustration being aired but the situation was far from normal with the evacuation of the terminal as well. Whilst it is unacceptable for the delay that they experienced I would imagine that the limited resources that an airport of Bermudas size were already in use with the terminal threat, there was presumably a threat assessment made and the evacuation of the terminal where the numbers of people could have been greater than those on board the aircraft which determined a priority. The captain could have instigated a slide evacuation and the passengers could have been marshalled by the crew once they had evacuated. Possibly 10 to 12 crew equates to less than 20 passengers per crew member so in many respects in this situation the captain had more resources available to him than were available in excess to the Terminal Evacuation. Personally I don't think the authorities or the Captain were either right or wrong and in hind site the captain should have initiated an evacuation via the slides, ok it would have cost the airline a lot of money but BA can afford it !
I think both of them handled it admirably given the situation. It seemed to me that the slight frustration the captain showed wasn’t directed towards the ATC, but the airport.
Pilot having to ask all the questions. Ridiculous. Plus he had to prompt her re the souls onboard and fuel. Should that no have been asked by ATC at the start?
That was absolutely shocking. That could have been a massacre right there because of gross mismanagement.
Wow, that's a joke...someone needs to SOP this situation....
It's more than a bit worrying how easily someone can cause this amount of worry and potential for injury using slides, by making empty threats via email. This was a regular problem in the UK in the 70's with endless false alarms by phone causing us to be evacuated from buildings - the problem was that many of them were real and the warnings came too late or were flawed / usless info in some cases. That threat eventually diminished then came the new kind and shockingly slow responses in the UK with many injured teenagers at a pop concert left to bystanders to try and assist while the emergency services were held back for one or two hours as I can best recall. (Manchester Arena) - Statistically the figures are said to be not as significant as we perceive but it doesn;t take many instances for that perception to marr the lives of most people. I can;t help feeling / wishing there was a way to track those responsible and deal with them accordingly.
after the 5 call i would have activated the emergency slides. Absolutely unacceptable.
Activate the emergency slides 😆 shows how much you know
That’s because you aren’t an airline captain I guess…🙄🤫
I thought that these airports all have to operate to international safety readiness standards.
I hope the Bermuda government is aware of this incident and actually understands just how serious it was and just how seriously they failed to exercise every asset to the safety of passengers.
Disgraceful.No other word. Disgraceful.
Thank God for pilot training - just wish he'd pushed the MayDay before that point - it was blindingly obvious that the airport was incompetent and reckless of the souls aboard.
Who on earth would want to fly to Bermuda?
Appalling conduct by the airport management and board who clearly have no interest or oversight.
Would be interesting to know what time of day this happened…. would definitely affect the availability of airport personnel to assist with the passengers on the plane. Also a point to remember is that not all airport personnel are authorized access to the ramp & airfield. This is a pretty dynamic emergency situation.
Dangerous delay.
Unbelievable
Holy shit .. the Aircraft could of exploded by the time they had got there act together ! I would be so pissed off if I were the Captain
Shocking!!
Absolutely ridiculous & irresponsible!
Holy crap.
What utter unacceptable bullshit from the Bermuda authorities....no one should ever consider flying into such a disorganized chaotic place.
I speak as someone whose job once entailed dealing with airliners where bombs on board were alleged.or implied....and I can tell you we had passengers and crew off those aircraft in lightning quick time...and those aircraft moved safely away from the public.
Tough decision to evacuate what is most likely a hoax. But it was deemed credible. That it took over 40 min though... When evacuating there will be injuries. Not good. I see it is a good idea to declare the mayday right away and take control of the situation. If ATC is not (able) to assist then tell them what's happening but I can imagine the stress they are under waiting...totally unacceptable. Why every airport doesn't have air stairs that can rapidly be deployed is beyond me.
Not been funny but id have the emergency slides deployed straight away and off the plane!!
And injure a load of pax for a bomb hoax?
During the troubles in Ireland my Dad was a Garda and they used to get a lot of telephoned bomb threats to the Garda station. My dad's colleague was getting sick of all this when the police station phone rang one day. A lady's voice on the other end of the line said "There's a bomb in the old ground hotel"
He replied "stick it up your fanny" and hung up on her.
True story 🤣
If this was a bomb on board then they should have gotten the passengers immediately of the plane. The airport wasted and wasted huge amounts of time. They seem to be totally incompetent in dealing with this. You hear constantly that " we are working on this etc". They are on their way ---bla bla bla- what's going on there ???????!
“You are requesting ambulances as well?”……does she not grasp the severity of this? Why would ambulances even be a question.
Tragic.
Do we know if they found anything?
Wow….what an unorganized mess. Unbelievable
What a s*it show! BDA should have been all over this and activated their airport disaster recovery plan (DRP) or equivalent.
The BA crew were patient, considering the gravity of the situation.
BDA next time sort your s*it out!!!
Seems BDA doesn't have a DRP plan as much as a DERP.
relax will you Captain. The airport authorities were dealing with two bomb threats. Evacuating the terminal would be a natural priority.
Talk about a delay....hideous
Total incompetence on the part of ATC and the Bermudian authorities. This is completely unacceptable and the crew made the right call to prepare to blow the slides and evacuate via this method. This ATC controller was a complete and total moron and should never return to active duty.
I wouldn't have waited and used slides straightway for those who are mobile. Who knows when something would go off.
Protocol is for the fire department to stay away!? I seriously doubt it. Sounds like a mess of an airport.
Sounds like an understandable protocol, if the fire vehicles would come close to the aircraft then they could explode with the plane if there would've been a bomb.
"Bear with us, we have started filling out the required forms and reports. Once approved in the morning we will inform you about the outcome ..."
What happened next ? Aircraft searched and found nothing? Crew went out of hours probably too
Yes, flight was rescheduled for the following day
Crew wouldn’t be expected to operate after an evacuation smh
@@Lauren-pn7le why not ? Sounds like they just disembarked
@@phil1506 it may sound like they just ‘disembarked’ but can you imagine what the crew were going through during that time? Very stressful. They wouldn’t have been in the right state of mind after that
@@Lauren-pn7le I guess some passengers were more impacted. Everybody else wants to get home asap.
Imagine having a REAL emergency and waiting for those losers to finish their pina coladas and come and save you.
Very poor response and assistance with this plane. This took way too long.
I would not like to be on that plan with this inept tower person who should be fired. And the airport should be looked into for their policies. People could be dead while this woman is incapable of doing her job.
Substandard
My guess is the threat was made by the last pilot who had to deal with this s***storm of a lousy excuse for an airport infrastructure. Just scratched that island off my bucket list.
Unconscionable delay in response. There should be consequences.
This is outrageous. Forget the steps and buses. Activate the slides. What would have happened if thw bomb exploded as they WAITED. I would have sued the hell out of that airline. APPALLING.
If it was a hoax and the slides are deployed, the aircraft will be out of operation for a while. Difficult decision.
It is not an issue that the slides are deployed and the aircraft is out of commission. The problem is, that on almost every slide evacuation people get injured. So the choice is to risk near certain injury to a few passengers vs the likely hood that it is a hoax threat. I t becomes a calculated risk for the Captain to determine the proper course of action. This Captain was very patient.
@@thornfootrondeau9916 Thanks for your explanations. That captain certainly displayed a lot of patience. I wonder if TXKF is holding any emergency training ever. They were tumbling from one shortfall to another, like a blindfolded drunken person.
It is more to do with injuries using the slides
This airport should think very very well about getting their act together because if a few US American passengers die there because of their incompetence, the entire country will go bankrupt after paying their families! You don't want to know what happens if some Russian passengers die.... You can however search for the faith of a poor ai traffic controller that was partially responsible for a plane crash...
OMG… what a cluster… that girl was kind but ineffective and incompetent.
I understand- ummmm do you lady- you are not on the plane.
I DO NOT like her…
Arrive soon…
Sooo NOT ACCEPTABLE
Welllll f%^*
Well, you get what you pay for. Public services in a notorious tax haven
Poor Public Services irrelevant to tax status, Jersey is a tax haven
Lazy islanders they were all at the beach
Has nothing to do with being lazy. This situation is horrible planning and lack of fast proper interaction between the different departments! I honestly wonder how long it took to get ahold of the Menzies department that does ramp (so the steps) and ngl the time I worked ramp at the bda airport side..we never had any practices for emergencies outside of one poor one...and that the only proper thing that we did was lightning warnings to avoid getting electrocuted. This honestly is crazy that there isn't proper protocol for things like this... Though it's not every day let alone year that we get bomb threats... Crazy tho..
Considering the time of night, they most likely were with your mother.
It happened around 9pm local time.
@@thies7831ahh, so they were drunk.
@@MADmosche No, try early horizontal folk dancing on a mild May night ... It was Sunday, relaxing before another busy week.
What a pathtic respone from the air traffic control, very poor responce by emergency service the building could have been emptied with minium staf and resorces diverted to the air craft
7:23 BDA_TWR: "Affirmative. You want port wine with the (chicken) wings ...?" 7:54 BDA_TWR "Speedbird 18B roger understand you want the (chicken) wings sliced ..." 8:17 BDA_TWR "Speedbird 18B understood you are requesting (comfortable) armchairs as well. (We might have some spare ones ...) 8:35 " BDA_TWR "You have 1 door left. What happened to the rest of the aircraft ? Has the bomb gone off ...?" 8:45 BDA_TWR "The door is to be left ... So, we are not touching THAT door, that has been left ...? What happened ...?" Eventually ... "Would you like to come to the terminal bar for drinks once you have sorted out YOUR problem ? Or are you in a rush getting to London ...?"