Re: Why nitrogen?

"Bertie the Bunyip" <T@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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So, the O2 fueled an already existing fire or caused it?


I suspect that pumping the oxygen into the system somehow started the
fire: it probably is a new definition for the term "hot start"


Mm, nice.

You heard about this?

http://www.gadling.com/2007/12/16/quantas-maintenance-fills-oxygen-tanks-
with-nitrogen/

Sounds worse than it was, but still....

Bertie

It appears that they were lucky and the oxygen was'nt needed; but it does
remind me of some of the speculation surrunding the Paine Stewart case. Two
hypotheses around my local airport were that 1) the tank was inadvertantly
filled with nitrogen or 2) that someone misread the labeling on the
regulator on/off handle--which is counterintuitively labeled with "on" or
"off" and arrows pointing which direction to turn the knob for the desired
result. I don't recall whether the case was ever fully resolved; but a lot
of pilots found a couple of areas worthy of their maximum vigilance!

Peter


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