Jetstar Flight Deck Fire
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Jetstar Flight Deck Fire
Apparently a Jetstar aircraft had a fire in the flight deck somewhere in Qld recently... the story I heard is that sunlight was shining through a water bottle which somehow focused the rays onto the cover of a tech manual, which then caught fire.
Any truth to this?
Any truth to this?
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Forget about water bottles, I've been reliably informed of a Bell 47 catching on fire because of the sun being focused through the canopy...
You'd have to be bloody unlucky though! Loved the last line of the article:
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You'd have to be bloody unlucky though! Loved the last line of the article:
The bureau did not say whether the water in the bottle was used to douse the fire.
Sounds like a job for Mythbusters. For a start the water bottles are 1.5L so are too big to sit on the instrument panel shroud in a manner that would focus the suns rays. It would appear to be some more quality journalism from the tabloid trash. Care to comment FGD135?
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I searched the ATSB database and can not find any reference to this "incident".
Can anyone post a link to the ATSB Incident Report?
Can anyone post a link to the ATSB Incident Report?
It sounds fishy to me. I doubt that enough solar energy would pass through the flight deck windows to create combustion even if the rays are focused by a good quality magnifying glass, much less a PET bottle of water.
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I saw an incident happening in my old gliding days.
A glider pilot placed the perspex cockpit canopy on end on the ground adjacent to the fuselage on dry grass, and within seconds, the grass started smouldering and soon burst into flames. "Ahhh, the old magnifying glass trick 99."
Fortunately we saw it as it happened or it would have beenan expensive accident.
A glider pilot placed the perspex cockpit canopy on end on the ground adjacent to the fuselage on dry grass, and within seconds, the grass started smouldering and soon burst into flames. "Ahhh, the old magnifying glass trick 99."
Fortunately we saw it as it happened or it would have beenan expensive accident.