The sign I put up around Dorothy when I am at public displays reads:
NO SMOKING
Government Health Warning:
Smoking causes severe burns from exploding aircraft.....
Well Done Qantas crew. That's why I fly with you.
And that's why the critics aren't Qantas pilots
Fire + aeroplane = WHOOMPFF!! (Frequently)
Does anyone recall the stadium fire in the UK that killed so many people so
quickly, but looked like just a little bitsy conflagration which you
could have
pissed on when it first started? (Fully televised)
That's why you need to get people out fast. The aircraft is stationary.
Lots of
radiant and convective heat is going straight up into the wheel well, where
there are lots of things that might start burning. Who knows how long
that heat
has been building? The five minutes (or more) might already be up......
Just my 2 cents worth...
Coop
(But we do need to know why those escape slides failed- that's the only
question as I see it...)
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