Originally Posted by
mh370rip
The spokesman said: "An external piece of loading equipment had a mechanical issue and caught fire while preparing to put cargo in the hold of American Airlines flight 192 from Hong Kong (HKG) to Los Angeles (LAX).
Well if this was indeed induced by a failure of the loading gear the firefighting response time seems very questionable.
I can imagine a fire breaking out inside the pallet and not being detected until it growths into a serious hazard. But this doesn't look good...