John holland incident?
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John holland incident?
Hi guys,
Can anyone confirm or deny that there was an incident at JHAS MEL where 3 aircraft have been written off due to fire retardant foam?
Regards,
Can anyone confirm or deny that there was an incident at JHAS MEL where 3 aircraft have been written off due to fire retardant foam?
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Wont mention airlines here, but yes, 2x a320 and one a330 caught in the AFFF discharge. 3 spare engines belonging to 2 carriers are written off, plus one still attached to the 330. Hope there insurance doesn't pay out due to their negligence and we can a new MRO in this country. LH Technik or SIAEC pls!
Aqueous film forming foams frequently contain hydrocarbon-based surfactant such as sodium alkyl sulfate, and fluorosurfactant — such as fluorotelomers, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), or perfluorooctanesulfonic ACID (PFOS).
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seen it happen elsewhere and if you get in there and clean it all out fast enough it shouldn't be a problem, especially when you factor in the cost of the equipment you are talking about; besides if that was the case ie: writting equipent off if there is an activation of the fire suppression system, then why install it at all??? let it burn, end result is the same - equipement written off anyways and your not up for the cost to install an expensive fire suppression system
was old 737's there emergency foam canon switch was in very close proximity to the 3 phase switch, poor guy thought he was turning the power cart on
(he found a fault with the system though, only 2 of the 4 canons activated)
was old 737's there emergency foam canon switch was in very close proximity to the 3 phase switch, poor guy thought he was turning the power cart on
(he found a fault with the system though, only 2 of the 4 canons activated)
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To confirm, 2 Aircraft were rated at Cat 3C damage, while one was barely a scratch.
On another note, VHXFC was damaged today when its wing tip scraped above the cockpit window of a JQ A330 during a tow from JH to F12.
On another note, VHXFC was damaged today when its wing tip scraped above the cockpit window of a JQ A330 during a tow from JH to F12.
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Does that mean that both of Virgin's brand new A-330's that are yet to do a commercial flight, are grounded with damage?
That's not a phone call that I'd want to make.
That's not a phone call that I'd want to make.
how fast were they going during the tow?
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We heard this sort of rumour with the Nancy Bird. that proved to be utter rubbish.
Anyway sounds like a bit of masking tape will fix it.
Anyway sounds like a bit of masking tape will fix it.