Parallel situation:
If I were driving my car and found smoke suddenly filling the cabin, I would find a safe place to stop ASAP and investigate.
Surely in an aircraft, at the first sign of smoke, an emergency should be declared and plans made to locate and land at the nearest safe haven. Investigations into the possible source of the smoke could be made whilst this is going on. I find it somewhat unusual that the first steps would appear to be "carry on as if all is normal whilst the problem is investigated" and only when nothing obvious can be found to eliminate the smoke would an attempt be made to find soewhere to land
Last edited by Hirem J Trashcan; 16th June 2011 at 07:02.
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