Originally Posted by
ClutchCargo
Last VHF comm from Swissair 111 was at 0125Z. Aircraft struck the water at 0131Z. Not really lost comm. Typical short duration from start of fire to crash. First smoke detected at 0110Z.
I just don't see an airplane flying for hours after an inflight fire has destroyed most of the electronics and killed everybody on board...
Regards,
Clutch
Actually, it has happened before. Northwest had a jet with a P6 circuit breaker panel fire that burned its self out. The crew was able to fly the aircraft to Winnipeg and had no controllability issues at all.
If the flight attendants noticed the smoke, and it would be hard to fathom that they did not, one of them should have entered the flight deck with her smoke hood on and a fire extinguisher, providing the opportunity to put the fire out after the crew was incapacitated.