CFITtn
8th Feb 2007, 20:57
The problem was solved in 1997. See the movie "The Fifth Element". The pertinent scene takes place as the Floston shuttle is readied for takeoff.
From the screenplay:
<Buzzer sounds in the flight deck>
MECHANIC: Tell the ground crew we've got parasites in the landing gear.
A GROUND CREW MEMBER goes over to the truck parked under one of the
plane's wings and bangs on the side of it with a shout.
GROUND CREW MEMBER: Disinfecting!
Two DISINFECTORS in hermetically sealed suits exit the truck. They
go over to the front landing gear and send up a whooshing beam.
The flame burns everything it touches. A pack of repugnant creatures falls squealing from the landing gear.
Now if we can just solve that pesky problem of inflammable tyre rubber, paint, and hyd fluid............
From the screenplay:
<Buzzer sounds in the flight deck>
MECHANIC: Tell the ground crew we've got parasites in the landing gear.
A GROUND CREW MEMBER goes over to the truck parked under one of the
plane's wings and bangs on the side of it with a shout.
GROUND CREW MEMBER: Disinfecting!
Two DISINFECTORS in hermetically sealed suits exit the truck. They
go over to the front landing gear and send up a whooshing beam.
The flame burns everything it touches. A pack of repugnant creatures falls squealing from the landing gear.
Now if we can just solve that pesky problem of inflammable tyre rubber, paint, and hyd fluid............