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Boeing 777 Diverts due to Front cargo hold fire alarm

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A British Airways #BA174 declared an emergency and diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm. (www.airlive.net) Mehr...

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canuck44
canuck44 3
Hope they got there before the bars closed...it would be a cultural education for a bunch of New Yorkers and Brits.
wopri
You think there would be some screeching in?
canuck44
canuck44 2
Served with cod tongues and Maritime beer.
wopri
As long as the come-from-aways remember the words to I’se the b’y after that treatment.
Cansojr
Cansojr 1
I believe the beverage name happens to be screech.
djames225
djames225 2
Aye..and da Screech be with a capitol S, sir
canuck44
canuck44 2
Screech as shots with India Beer chasers.
Cansojr
Cansojr 0
That's the poison.
williambaker08
william baker 3
My question is on the video. This looks like that plane had some black spots like a fire had occurred. Also what is this like the 3 or 4th 777 fire alarm diversion in the last few weeks??
yr2012
matt jensen 1
There will be more scrutiny going forward.

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djames225
djames225 2
There haven't been anymore bird strikes over the past few weeks than normal...3 or 4 fire diversions in a triple 7 in the last few weeks is not normal!
dardav
dardav 2
after too much screech "stay where you're at and i'll come where you are to"
williambaker08
william baker 1
Just a follow up. British airways sent a replacement 777 to St Johns to pick up the passengers.

View BAW9156 on the FlightAware website - http://flightaware.com/live/flight/id/BAW9156-1552972842-ed-0010
KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
a simple fix would be a few cameras in the hold to see if everything's ok...

Dubslow
Dubslow 4
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: cameras would *not* aid fire detection on airplanes. If you can visibly see a fire within the hold, you've already lost. The detectors are as often inside the wall, inside the wiring, where no human can see (and where you'd need dozens and dozens of cameras to cover every such spot on the plane). The point of these detectors is to detect something wrong before open and self sustaining flame occurs (i.e. smoldering from shorted wires).

(Of course the major exceptions is fires within the cargo itself, but as I said, that's only a fraction of the cases the fire sensors are designed to handle)
djames225
djames225 1
Actually cameras would aid the pilots more than just detectors...the detectors go off indicating smoke in the hold, the camera help determine the actual "sighting" of the smoke intensity. And with today's small cameras and tech, you wouldn't need dozens and dozens, and they would not be very big.
KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
that exactly supported my idea...
djames225
djames225 3
I see a bit of smoke or a lot of smoke...that plus are there flames?..best line of defense in a fire is to knock it down before it can get up.
Sorry but I did not agree with Dubslow's " If you can visibly see a fire within the hold, you've already lost." No you haven't.
KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte -1
yes but a lot of cases turn out that something triggered the alarm, and they divert and find out it isn't a fire... a camera would tell you whether or not there really is a fire..
KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
triggered the sensor that is...
sgbelverta
sharon bias 1
They put cameras in the A380 so the pilots could have a view of what was going on around them. Night vision camera's are now pretty cheap. No reason for not doing this.
KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
a very simple fix that could save a lot of time and money for people

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