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hetfield

16th May 2007 06:42

Wheel well fire warning system

Which aeroplanes have it?
Only know about 727.

Spanner Turner

16th May 2007 07:20

add also 747 Classic, 747-400, 767.

hetfield

16th May 2007 07:22

Why not on any Airbus?

flyboyike

16th May 2007 07:25

CRJ has it.

Jonty

16th May 2007 07:38

And the Boeing 757, I would imagine most commercial transports have it.

hetfield

16th May 2007 07:46

Wasn't there a fatal crash of a DC 8 (?), many many moons ago (SAUDIA ?) due to wheel well fire and subsequent HYD loss?

GlueBall

16th May 2007 07:54

TriStar has it

hetfield

17th May 2007 09:05

OK, I've found it

"The Saudi report recommended that all transport aircraft "be equipped with wheel well overheat and fire detectors, wheel well fire protection, brake temperature sensors, tire pressure sensors and corresponding indicators in the cockpit."

http://www.flightsafety.org/ap/ap_sep93.pdf

Very interesting report concerning takeoff with flat tire!

Cardinal

18th May 2007 00:27

E120 has it.

forget

18th May 2007 14:52

Seems this guy had a (self inflicted) wheel well fire before he started rolling.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19630904-0

hetfield

18th May 2007 15:35

@IGh

Thx for your post. My airbus has neither a wheel well fire warning nor a tire pressure indicating system.:\

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