How are we certifying aircraft without fire suppression on the main decks of these aircraft! IALPA needs to start serious lobbying. As long as 'only' freighters are affected, nothing will change.
Once they go that's pretty much it, they require no external oxygen to burn and will resist just about all attempts to extinguish them.
Correct, so retrofitting the main deck with active fire extinguishing equipment will most probably
not solve the problem for a runaway battery fire while at the same time the current fire suppression equipment works satisfactory for all other fires.
IF (!) an uncontrollable battery fire indeed was the cause of this accident, then IMHO perhaps the handling, storage, packaging and transporting of electronic devices with Lithium batteries should be reviewed, not the fire fighting/suppression equipment.