Tyre Fire Risk
We have had a couple of 'emergency landings' as the press like to call it here in Copenhagen recently.
Currently the press is critisising the airlines for not supplying crisis aid for scared passengers.
One was an Avro landing with no flaps - at high speed, the second a SIA 777 who apparently had to shut down an engine after a turbine or fan blade seperation.
This leads to a question. How great is the risk of a tyre fire spreading to the cabin ? (gear down..)
On the 777 the tyres appear to be well away from the hull, but the Avro family like many other high-wing aircraft has the tyres close to the hull.
In the Avro incident, passengers complained about a smell of burned rubber and fear of fire.
Fire services was there and I would think that any tyre fire would quickly die and the brakes cool, when subjected to a burst of high pressure water fog.
Regards
Michael