The report says Anti Ice R window, R sliding window sensor at the same time the smoke alerts happenned, then 2 seconds later says R fixed window sensor. Maybe it was some new de icing agent that didnt play well
On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 1:07 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > If we're starting a betting pool, put my money on "lithium battery > failure, short, bomb, or other event which caused a severe and quick fire > in the avionics bay, destroying enough avionics to create an uncontrollable > aircraft". > > Or maybe stated differently: If there was a bomb, the primary explosion > didn't bring down the craft, the secondary effect of fire did. > > And to clarify the uncontrollable aircraft portion: I mean, it caused the > A320 to, at a minimum, switch into some flight mode which was outside what > the pilots were expecting, or operate outside of normal parameters, or at > worst was not controllable at all. Examples of something similar > happening in Airbus planes: Airasia Flight 8501 (A320), XL Airways 888T > (A320), Lufthansa Flight 1829 (A321), Air france 447 (A330). > > There are some other similar scenarios, I'd guess are likely, but I'd > probably exclude things like decompression, wing torn off, fuselage > cracking open, etc - except as secondary effects once the aircraft moved > outside it's designed flight envelope. The ACARS messages were simply too > specific about "fire, fire, more fire, instrument failure". > > > On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Seems that a smaller bomb would have caused decompression. Assuming that >> would have been among the things reported (especially if its reporting >> smoke in a lavatory), then my thinking is moving toward some Lion batteries >> in a cargo hold or something like that. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 5/21/2016 2:46 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> 3:12 a.m., the plane passed over the Greek island of Kasos >> >> 3:26 a.m. Midway between Greece and Egypt, a sensor detected smoke in a >> lavatory and a fault in two of the plane's cockpit windows.� >> >> 3:27 a.m.� a sensor detected that smoke had reached the aircraft's >> avionics, >> >> 3:29 a.m.� the plane's autopilot and wing control systems alarmed >> suggesting serious structural problems. >> >> 3:30 a.m.� the plane fell off the radar >> >> � >> >> �So, about 4 minutes of catastrophe.� Not a big bomb for sure.� A >> smaller bomb that blew out windows, or made a hole in the aircraft and >> started a fire.� >> >> >> > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
