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To: BenLurkin

I’d like to know how smoke from the fire in the engine got into the cabin. I thought the cabin was pressurized at around 6,000 feet and would push out any smoke from outside. They need some silicone or something to fill in the cracks.


4 posted on 04/19/2012 10:25:35 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

It gets in because the air they pressurize the cabin with comes from the engines.

I don’t recall exactly where or how, but obviously ahead of where the fuel is normally injected.

I am sure an A&P Mechanic will be along shortly to clarify. (And make me look stupid..LOL)


7 posted on 04/19/2012 10:51:19 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

The ventilation for the cabin comes from one of the compressior stages in the engines.

The smoke came from there.


10 posted on 04/19/2012 11:58:48 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Aircraft use bleed air from the compressors on the jet turbines to pressurize the aircraft and ventilate the cabin. Damage to the bleed air system would (and does) cause that.


13 posted on 04/20/2012 3:44:14 AM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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