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2018-07-08 Africa North

It’s semi-official: Fire likely cause of 2016 EgyptAir crash, French investigators say

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-07-08 00:04|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 ???

I have a hard time believing they would make a cockpit out of combustible materials, but maybe they did.

Posted by gorb 2018-07-08 02:21|| 2018-07-08 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 You can now fit terabytes on data on a card the size of a stamp...

The whole plane could record the whole flight with video on the cockpit and a few other cameras and still have room for everthing else.

It could even livestream most of it up to satellites so there's no need to look for the blackbox.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-07-08 08:20|| 2018-07-08 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 the flammability, smoke, and toxicity limits are different in the non pax areas, Gorb, but not that much. cockpit crew have full face masks available for a smoke/decompression event. qucik-donning, even w/ glasses so any fire may have come from electronics, either installed equipment or cary on (phone/laptop)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-07-08 09:38|| 2018-07-08 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Heard a story about a guy flying a turboprop cargo hauler in Africa (that frequently carry passengers as cargo) where the pilot smelled smoke and found that the riders had tore up a packing crate and built a fire on the cargo deck to cook the chicken they had brought along. Lunch, you know.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-07-08 11:27|| 2018-07-08 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Fire caused the crash?
What caused the fire?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-08 11:29|| 2018-07-08 11:29|| Front Page Top

and built a fire on the cargo deck to cook the chicken they had brought along. Lunch, you know.

Allied student hibachi grills, top floor Olson Hall, Fort Benning 1972. Big smoke, good smell.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-08 11:34|| 2018-07-08 11:34|| Front Page Top

#7 ed, was this the story?
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2016/03/umm-what.html

Posted by james 2018-07-08 23:05|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-07-08 23:05|| Front Page Top

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