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Old 9th Feb 2006, 07:50
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Dagger Dirk
 
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Incommunicado + Long Range Intercom

From the Tower tape. Nothing much changes over the years:
..........a. Fire and crash go incommunicado as soon as they hit the road
..........b. Fire and crash start wanting the gory detail (fuel in lbs) despite the crew being in extremis and on late finals (i.e. busy). Their priorities are a trifle skewed.
..........c. Going on oxy/smoke mask automatically means one man will end up on long-range intercom
But otherwise sensibly handled by all.
Started about 5 mins before landing, a visible flamer on finals. .... and over four hours to extinguish it. Goes to show how much chance you'd have if you were oceanic.
Starting to sound like a bulk Lithium battery cargo - or something similar.
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