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Good thing, Passengers & Pocket Knives
from the AP news wi
having a pocket knife on an aircraft is a GOOD thing, it can save the aircraft!! and ave lives... One flight attendant later told investigators that she thought about using an extinguisher but didn't know where to aim it. The off-duty pilot said he feared that the chemical used in the device — Halon, a powerful extinguishing agent that can be toxic in high concentrations — would "take away more oxygen" from the cabin air. • A fire broke out in the "attic" above the cabin ceiling of an American Airlines flight on Nov. 29, 2000, after the MD-80 jet was struck by lightning. A flight attendant tried to shoot Halon at the ceiling panel, but it had no effect. A passenger cut through a ceiling panel with a pocketknife so the attendant could shoot Halon directly at the fire and put it out. this saved the aircraft and lives of all on board That solution would no longer be available: Passengers have not been able to carry knives since terrorists used them in the Sept. 11 hijackings. "We've had many more ... that were close to being fatal," says Merritt Birky, a retired accident investigator with the NTSB who specialized in fires. "In some cases it was sheer luck that they weren't." -- _____________________________ YAHOO MESSINGER AS "analon1" Any msgs advertising drugs reported to DEA/FDA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # + WWW.ANALON.COM [UNIX/X-Windows & CDE]# #........Chemistry, Computer systems, software & networks that WORK!_______# #....Send ASCII TEXT mail/attchmnts ONLY!!** I use UNIX & LINUX!! *________# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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