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British Airways fire: Jet's suppression system didn't work, source says
(CNN)The British Airways jetliner that caught fire on the Las Vegas airport's tarmac had suppression equipment, but it just didn't work to suppress the flames, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday. Twenty-seven people associated with British Airways Flight 2276 were treated at the Nevada city's Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, spokeswoman Sylvia Song said. All had been released by Wednesday afternoon. (www.cnn.com) עוד...
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I agree given the information thus far from the NTSB the system was either damaged or destroyed by the engine failure.
What I also found surprising was listening to the sounds on a passenger's video of the takeoff roll. When the engine failed the sound it made was just like a compressor stall something you don't expect at full power. Also the sound did not make you think you would see what was coming next. Most likely a fuel or oil line was severed in the explosion causing the fire.
What I also found surprising was listening to the sounds on a passenger's video of the takeoff roll. When the engine failed the sound it made was just like a compressor stall something you don't expect at full power. Also the sound did not make you think you would see what was coming next. Most likely a fuel or oil line was severed in the explosion causing the fire.
Fire suppression is for fire within the nacelle, there is enough Halon in the bottles to evacuate the O2 in the engine compartment. Once the fire is outside the housing the suppression system is useless. If this happened in the air the outcome may have been better as the cooling airflow around the wings and nacelle would have helped prevent heat damage and the flammable fluids wouldn't puddle under the aircraft they would be blown fairly harmlessly away. Stagnant air and a puddle of burning fuel and oil led to the damage. The engine failure happened at a point when it wasn't safe to continue a single engine takeoff, so the crew did do what was right and stopped. At that point the continued serviceability of the aircraft is not high on the priority list.
In other words, it didn't work.
I would characterize it as not designed to be relevant to the situation that occurred, I wound not consider it a failure of the extinguishing system. In the same sense I probably wouldn't say the airbag system on a car failed if someone drove off a 200ft. cliff and died.
Agreed... It played no role in the scenario... It would have been just as responsible for the failure as a burnt out reading light in the cabin.
However, if it is proven that the system was not working at the time, then BA way want to look at their entire fleet and make sure they do not have a similar fault... It may be needed again sometime.
However, if it is proven that the system was not working at the time, then BA way want to look at their entire fleet and make sure they do not have a similar fault... It may be needed again sometime.
Well, the impression is that it didn't work on account of mx or something. It should be clarified that it did not work because it was probably blown up and destroyed in the uncontained failure.
Says Captain Obvious of CNN. I'll bet the force of the uncontained engine failure destroyed the suppression system. Or at least severely damaged it.