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BA - Fire Suppression System Malfunction
Saw this on Facebook, apparently happened today, oops!
Source: AeroNews on Facebook Image: facebook.com/AeronewsGlobal/photos/pcb.2930760220333392/2930759787000102/?type=3&theater |
That won't be the first time a foam party has got out of hand.
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Presumably an accident. Pictures from the Facebook post linked above.
Today’s incident from Heathrow airport: a fire suppression system apparently malfunctioned at TBJ or Tech 6, in the hangar where a Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMMB) BA was parked. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....732b2ae51b.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7b41e3bc26.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c810b9996b.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c867f23728.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2e172bf328.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....22f2fb14b0.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6b4643fecf.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....31fba56f54.jpg |
As we say in Australia... "Mr Hart, What a mess!".
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Is the new “bio friendly” blood based foam any better/worse for airframes than AFFF?
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Functional check carried out - "Satis".
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I see no fire. Worked well.
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Interesting that the system just spreads a blanket of foam at low level when a fire could start at any height.
In 1993 I was one of the two pilots who took a BA B747-400 down to the new maintenance facility at Cardiff. Everybody there was very proud of the place and we were given a guided tour. We were also shown some pictures of the fire suppression system test during commissioning of the building. This is also a foam system. What was quite amazing was that the hangar in the photograph we were shown had foam that was probably 30' or 40' deep! That would be effective. |
Originally Posted by M.Mouse
(Post 10772046)
Interesting that the system just spreads a blanket of foam at low level when a fire could start at any height.
In 1993 I was one of the two pilots who took a BA B747-400 down to the new maintenance facility at Cardiff. Everybody there was very proud of the place and we were given a guided tour. We were also shown some pictures of the fire suppression system test during commissioning of the building. This is also a foam system. What was quite amazing was that the hangar in the photograph we were shown had foam that was probably 30' or 40' deep! That would be effective. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....86aeeba409.jpg |
That is exactly the sort of image I was shown!
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What happens to any injured or immobilised personnel under that foam?
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What happens to any injured or immobilised personnel under that foam? |
Originally Posted by Locked door
(Post 10772079)
What happens to any injured or immobilised personnel under that foam?
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According to some folks on Reddit, where they posted video, the foam system was triggered by someone starting the plane's APU in the hangar.
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Delta had one of these foam mishaps at LAX five weeks ago.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....386921748f.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8f88b7daf0.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5da2bdc04d.jpg |
Isn't this an example of the system designed to deal with a problem causing more trouble than the problem itself?
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Originally Posted by Arfur Dent
(Post 10772508)
Isn't this an example of the system designed to deal with a problem causing more trouble than the problem itself?
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Originally Posted by Jwscud
(Post 10771959)
Is the new “bio friendly” blood based foam any better/worse for airframes than AFFF?
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Originally Posted by Arfur Dent
(Post 10772508)
Isn't this an example of the system designed to deal with a problem causing more trouble than the problem itself?
I have a vague memory of Air France loosing a nearly new 747 when there was a hanger fire back in the 1980s. |
Originally Posted by tdracer
(Post 10772533)
I think an aircraft on fire inside a hanger (without proper fire suppression) could case quite a bit of trouble.
I have a vague memory of Air France loosing a nearly new 747 when there was a hanger fire back in the 1980s. |
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