tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386984497841947458.post9177629508066399590..comments2023-10-28T05:10:53.867-07:00Comments on The Lucky Puppy: Explosion on Quantas 747Maddoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140266747394510071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386984497841947458.post-63691008304742233982008-07-30T23:59:00.000-07:002008-07-30T23:59:00.000-07:00Well said. Makes you wonder, huh?Well said. Makes you wonder, huh?Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140266747394510071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386984497841947458.post-74473522780774746242008-07-28T23:56:00.000-07:002008-07-28T23:56:00.000-07:00Interesting...I've never worked on a 747. However ...Interesting...I've never worked on a 747. However I don't think this was an O2 tank since the only O2 tanks on most airliners are the walk-around bottles for the FAs, and the large tank underneath the flight deck which supplies the flight crew's quick-don masks. The passengers get their O2 from small solid fuel O2 generators located over the seats. <BR/><BR/>I think this must've been one of the halon fire bottles for the cargo fire-suppression system.<BR/>Those bottles are usually located just aft of the main cargo door. Which of course is where this event seems to have occurred.<BR/><BR/>Ah well time will tell, <BR/>a300mechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com