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Old 30th Apr 2009, 14:22
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Oilandgasman
 
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This policy has already been imposed in the offshore oil and gas world where gas turbine enclosures are now "protected" by the "next best alternative" CO2 or water mist. Both of these alternatives are unsuitable for aircraft and this ruling should be opposed. Are the alternatives as good as Halon? No!
As Halon is only used on an aircraft when there is a fire and is consumed in the ensuing reaction I cannot see how this is an environmental threat. Offshore we had so many false alarms and discharges that a large proportion of the halon inventory diid end up in the sky and the concerns of the environmentalist were understood. But aircraft are completely different. If they are expecting CC to don BA sets and enter holds with dry powder then these EU folk are on another planet.
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