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JetBlue Plane Catches Fire, Lands Safely At Orlando International Airport

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A JetBlue flight from Santo Domingo suffered a fire near the windshield of the Embraer 190 airplane and landed safely at Orlando International Airport Thursday... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) More...

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eagle763
John Hale 3
sounds like a window heat malfunction
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sparkie624
sparkie624 1
I Concur... All of those windows are subject to that... FAA has been looking into Cockpit Windshields and Cockpit windows for quite some time.
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Moviela
Ric Wernicke 1
This is a problem on 757 aircraft too. The windshield heater requires a lot of current, and the connection is made by a barrier strip with screw terminals. If the screw becomes loose the connection point overheats and can cause the insulator to melt and make smoke.

I don't know why they have not used either a mechanical lock to prevent the screws from backing out, or a chemical sealant like Loctite.
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skylloyd
skylloyd 1
How about "out,out the flames" ?
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aalawand
Amer Lawand 0
Cathes..?
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BenKFIT
Ben Lillie 1
That's what I was wondering.
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