Re: Why nitrogen?

"Peter Dohm" <lefty133@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"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-
tan
ks- 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!

Moe likely was they passed out before they even realised they were in
trouble on that one. More easily done than I'd certainly expect.


Bertie
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