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Old 26th Jul 2013, 06:32
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Tigger_Too
 
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Exactly, pure oxygen coming into contact with any kind of grease and BANG
It's not a great marriage, but takes more than 'contact'.

A CAPTAIN attended a meeting with a burnt face and without his usual well groomed waxed moustache. "What happened?" he was asked. "We lost cabin pressure", the captain explained, "so I grabbed the oxygen mask, slammed it to my face and—whoosh! my moustache caught fire"


True story, apparently, although quite a few years ago (not too many captains with waxed moustaches around any more!).

Also an incident where, I think, a military Hercules pilot's cheese sandwich caught fire as he was eating it. 100% O2 needs a great deal of respect.
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