Thu, Jul 02, 2009
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A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) review of
commercial aviation accidents involving in-flight fires during the
period 1983 to 2000 prompted the NTSB to issue a number of safety
recommendations to the FAA, including the development of an AC to
address a number of issues linked to in-flight fires. The FAA
agreed with the safety intent of those recommendations and issued
AC 120-80, In-Flight Fires, on January 8, 2004. The FAA Technical
Center Fire Safety Branch has developed a training video to
complement the AC.
This video discusses the danger of in-flight fires, particularly
hidden fires, the importance of recognizing the conditions
associated with hidden fires, and the importance of taking
immediate and aggressive action to gain access to and aggressively
combat in-flight fires. The video demonstrates effective actions
for combating in-flight fires, including crew coordination and the
application of fire extinguishing agents.
Directors of operations, directors of safety, chief pilots,
training managers and training centers should consider
incorporating this video into crewmember emergency training. When
tailored to a specific aircraft and operator procedures, the
suggested actions presented in this video provide a good framework
for combating in-flight fires. However, approved
manufacturer’s procedures and company procedures should still
take precedence over the information presented in the video.
The importance of crewmembers taking immediate and aggressive
action to locate the source, gain access, and effectively apply
extinguishing agents to hidden fires cannot be overstressed.
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