Propellorhead. Thanks for pointing out that I am ‘wrong about the effect of the wind’. You say ‘it’s incredible what a huge effect 3 kts of cross wind makes on the survivability of the passengers’. Cods!
The fuselage burnt through, and people died, because the reversers were directing a huge ‘blow torch’ on the cabin walls. Had the reversers not been deployed then there is no doubt in my mind that the engine fire would not breached the cabin. I’m not saying that the breach would have taken longer - I’m saying it wouldn’t have happened. Why the accident report laid so much emphasis on an insignificant 3 knot wind, versus the effect of a runaway JT8, left me uncomfortable then - and nothing’s changed.
Any airfield firemen out there care to comment?