PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Cargo Fire Detection system
View Single Post
Old 1st November 2005 | 23:47
  #7 (permalink)  
Blacksheep
Cunning Artificer
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 3,125
Likes: 7
From: The spiritual home of DeHavilland
Lightbulb

For additional info:
With respect to immediate diversion and landing, on ETOPS aircraft the Class C compartment fire suppression must be able to suppress a fire for the full duration of the ETOPS rating (which may be as much as 180 minutes) plus an extra 15 minutes. This means installing larger capacity fire extinguishers with a multiple shot capability. The first shot is fired when the fire detection sounds the alarm and further shots at specific intervals as the diversion progresses.
Blacksheep is offline