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Old 8th Dec 2007, 18:48
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Cim Jartner
 
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Don't tell anyone - but the Puma is an inherently dangerous design - the lack of airbags plus the fact that the skin of the aircraft is made from non-defrangible material means that if there is an inappropriate arrival declaration of over 38g then the chances of occupant survival is limited. Also Puma pilots are no longer trained but born into the seats and everyone hopes for the best that they will be able to cope by the time they are needed for operations.

We also use dynamite for fuel rather than the more traditional Avtur and it is believed that this could be more volatile than standard aviation liquids.

I hope this answers your questions - by the way please don't tell the press about this, we are trying to keep it quiet and don't want it to leak out.
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