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Boeing 777 Diverts due to Front cargo hold fire alarm
A British Airways #BA174 declared an emergency and diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm. (www.airlive.net) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
after too much screech "stay where you're at and i'll come where you are to"
Just a follow up. British airways sent a replacement 777 to St Johns to pick up the passengers.
View BAW9156 on the FlightAware website - http://flightaware.com/live/flight/id/BAW9156-1552972842-ed-0010
View BAW9156 on the FlightAware website - http://flightaware.com/live/flight/id/BAW9156-1552972842-ed-0010
a simple fix would be a few cameras in the hold to see if everything's ok...
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: cameras would *not* aid fire detection on airplanes. If you can visibly see a fire within the hold, you've already lost. The detectors are as often inside the wall, inside the wiring, where no human can see (and where you'd need dozens and dozens of cameras to cover every such spot on the plane). The point of these detectors is to detect something wrong before open and self sustaining flame occurs (i.e. smoldering from shorted wires).
(Of course the major exceptions is fires within the cargo itself, but as I said, that's only a fraction of the cases the fire sensors are designed to handle)
(Of course the major exceptions is fires within the cargo itself, but as I said, that's only a fraction of the cases the fire sensors are designed to handle)
Actually cameras would aid the pilots more than just detectors...the detectors go off indicating smoke in the hold, the camera help determine the actual "sighting" of the smoke intensity. And with today's small cameras and tech, you wouldn't need dozens and dozens, and they would not be very big.
that exactly supported my idea...
I see a bit of smoke or a lot of smoke...that plus are there flames?..best line of defense in a fire is to knock it down before it can get up.
Sorry but I did not agree with Dubslow's " If you can visibly see a fire within the hold, you've already lost." No you haven't.
Sorry but I did not agree with Dubslow's " If you can visibly see a fire within the hold, you've already lost." No you haven't.
agreed...