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Smoke Alarm Forces Qantas Plane To Make Emergency Landing

Cockpit Fire Warning Aboard Boeing 747

A Qantas Boeing 747 with 389 passengers on board made an emergency landing in India Tuesday after the flight crew got a smoke alarm indicator in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely -- no one was hurt.

"A smoke alarm relating to the video system went off, so the captain decided to divert the aircraft to the closest port at the time (Kolkata) to have the aircraft checked out," Qantas executive David Cox told The Australian newspaper.

The aircraft, on a flight from London to Singapore, touched down at Kolkota and all passengers were safely evacuated from the plane.

As Aero-News reported in 2003, a similar fire caused the destruction of SwissAir Flight 111, which went down near Nova Scotia with all on board. The fire was determined to have started in the MD-11's entertainment system.

That crash spurred the Canadian TSB and the FAA to examine the fire safety of aircraft insulation, leading to recommendations that many of the materials used be replaced because they're not sufficiently fireproof.

FMI: www.qantas.com.au

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