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Originally Posted by URY914
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Yes this is a good article, however the alleged radar of that evening (which I posted earlier) showed a right hand not left hand turn right before the transmitter went dead.
I like the simple rational theory expressed though, and it explains why the search area was expanded so quickly with US Navy ships in that area.
Aren't there sensors for burning tires (front landing gear) as theorized in the alternate source of fire theory?
I found this from 2008
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/3829113/
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"Paris (France) - An aircraft belonging to the US airline "United Airlines" had to be evacuated just before its take off from Paris-CDG airport after a tyre of the landing gear took fire.
the aircraft, a B777-200, flight UA915, operating a flight from Paris-CDG to Washington Dulles airport was on the runway, ready for departure, at 11:30AM local, when suddenly all the lights of the aircraft went off, and the crew gave the order to evacuate via the slides.
The aircraft was surrounded by the emergency services and a few moments later, the firemen had extinguished the fire on the landing gear. the passengers evacuated were transferred to the airport terminal. The cause of the blaze remain unknown for the moment.
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