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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 13:05
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Originally Posted by PerPurumTonantes
I can't see anything in the accident report about why they didn't pull the fire suppression.
Within the report published earlier in the thread, I noticed there's a picture of the Fire Control Panel from the aircraft, and that, notably the T handle for the left engine is broken off, and the No1 engine Fire Detection lamps are smashed.



So the question is, did this damage occur during the final impact, during the flight, or was this panel like that before the flight?

If the T handle was missing, that might explain why the crew couldn't address the fire.
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