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Old 07-25-2013, 06:36 AM
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sonnycrockett
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Originally Posted by ForeverFO View Post
Over and over, we find that a fire inflight is one of the most desperate situations imaginable. And the biggest lesson to take from all of them:

1) Be sure you have 100% O2
2) Land that puppy IMMEDIATELY, as in NOW, NO DELAY, screw comm, point it at the nearest suitable airport, tune 121.5, squawk 7700, tune the ILS if available, and LAND.

If you can do checklists, great. Do them while you are flying to a runway.

RIP gents.
100% Agree.....

The Valujet accident got me thinking about the above many years ago.
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