Originally Posted by
990Convair
Reading the preliminary reports of onboard fire (any pilot's 2nd worst nightmare, just behind the flight attendant dialing his wife), I am very happy that FedEx STC'd the cargo fire suppression system. That gives me a warm fuzzy at FL320 at 30 West.
I heard that there is a possibility that the government may mandate that all cargo aircraft flying certain types of haz (batteries) will have to have this system installed. I heard that's why we rushed to develop and patent the product.
At any rate, glad it's onboard some of our jets.
UPS lost a DC-8 in PHL to a cargo fire, possibly to Lithium Batts. If the government mandates a supression system , a real one, UPS will have to buy it from fedex.
