El thanks for the link...interesting reading (well looking at photos cos my Italian is not good!
) and Rainboe, yes I'm still in your court with the stop call. JT as ever good comments. Pilot, yes the F27 engine installation puts that a/c at much more risk of severe structural damage from an engine fire, but in podded installations is the question here.
I suppose what I'm really asking is are we still examining the correct basic failure with the traditional V1 cut and engine fire? Whilst I agree it's possibly
the most serious incident we could face from a handling sense, the industry data tends to point to more human factors issues as being where we need to concentrate our focus to bring down the accident rate.
Oh yes...and having reasonable Smoke procedures that are simple and workable......don't get me on that one as it's my favourite hobby horse and I would be accused of thread creep again!