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Old 22nd Sep 2007, 17:49
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Question BCF Discharge on Flightdeck

Chaps,

Your opinions please ...

In a 737-300 (not the biggest of cockpits) a couple of days ago, there was a loud bang followed by an ever increasing hissing noise ...
Basically, the BCF decided to discharge itself through a faulty 'neck seal'.

As it happened, we were on the ground boarding passengers when this happened, and we were able to take it outside and open the DV windows to ventilate.

My question is this --> If it happened in flight, would the quantity of Halon in such a confined space be dangerous to the flightcrew ?

Thanks in advance

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