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Originally Posted by greglepore
Would an electrical fire sufficient to take out the transponder/ACAR also take out the comms?
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I was thinking the same thing. The aircraft I flew had essential comm and nav systems on different electrical "buses" to prevent system wide failure in the case of failure (or fire).
I have no insight into the 777.
Here is the fire detection and suppression info:
http://www.smartcockpit.com/download.php?path=docs/&file=B777-Fire_Protection.pdf