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Old 2nd May 2015, 10:37
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Ian W
 
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Originally Posted by Pace
Wasn't one of the many theories on the mystery Air Malaysia crash that it was carrying a cargo of lithium Batteries which could have caused an explosion, depressurisation which would have extinguished the fire but incapacitated the crew and PAX
Don't start that hamster wheel again.
That falls under the generic fire caused the problem, which doesn't explain the aircraft flying the convoluted route that it did, nor the loss of all the comms except SatCom.
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