American Airlines passengers stop to grab carry-ons during evacuation, despite orders to 'leave everything'
foxbusiness.comLaptop in checked luggage caused smoke, evacuation of plane at SFO, local KTVU Fox 2 reports. Credit: Jan Jankai via Storyful
Video captured during an American Airlines flight evacuation shows passengers attempting to get their belongings rather than exit the plane with haste after a laptop appeared to catch fire while inside a carry-on bag.
Passenger Jan Jankai captured the moments from July 12 at San Francisco International Airport. Flight 2045 was supposed to be heading to Miami, but was promptly evacuated early Friday afternoon using both emergency slides and the jetbridge, according to a statement from the airline to Fox News Digital.
«Everybody off the aircraft, let's go,» an American Airlines employee can be heard saying over the intercom for the Airbus A321.
«Just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep going,» a woman can be heard saying as passengers in the back of the plane seem to have difficulty exiting.
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San Francisco Fire was dispatched to the scene of the smoking laptop, extinguishing it on the tarmac. (KTVU / Fox News)
A woman appears to point to something in an overhead bin, tying up traffic when «Go, go, go» can be heard in the background.
«Leave everything behind,» one flight attendant says.
At least one carry-on bag can be seen sitting on a plane's seat abandoned during the evacuation.
«Come this way, leave everything,» another flight attendant echoed.
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Woman appears to point at something in an overhead bin rather than exiting the plane at San Francisco International Airport. (Jan Jankai via Storyful)
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