Swissair 111 Fire: Why Smoke Above the Cockpit Was Unstoppable
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Swissair 111 crashed on 2 September 1998 after a faint smell of smoke became an unstoppable fire above the cockpit ceiling. This short explains what TSB Canada found: likely arcing wiring igniting metallized PET insulation-blanket covers, and the roughly 21 minutes from first smoke to impact. Learn why MPET covers were replaced and flammability tests were made tougher.
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