Originally Posted by
Load Toad
There was a South African 747 that crashed following an inflight fire killing about 150 I think.
That was a 747 Combi with main deck cargo and reduced passenger accommodation, and the fire broke out in this main deck cargo hold. There was R/T describing this before the aicraft was lost. It was identified that the fireproofing for the main deck cargo was not of the same resistance as that installed in the underfloor holds. SAA took the Combis out of service immediately afterwards.