Is it right for air stewardess to spray water to put out the fire during the fire incident of China Southern Airlines
4hw.com.cn: yesterday, when a flight of China Southern Airlines was flying from Guangzhou to Shanghai, the luggage rack suddenly caught fire. The reason for the fire was that the charging treasure carried by the passenger suddenly caught fire. After the accident, the stewardess quickly used mineral water to put out the fire. Let's take a look at the whole process of the accident and the way the stewardess splashed water to put out the fire, right?
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Luggage rack caught fire suddenly during flight boarding
The reporter learned from China Southern Airlines on the 25th that during the boarding process of China Southern Airlines flight cz3539 (Guangzhou Shanghai Hongqiao, model b77w), a passenger's luggage was smoking in the luggage rack and there was an open fire. The crew cooperated with the fire department and the public security department to dispose of it in time, without further damage. According to reports, the flight has now replaced the aircraft and crew implementation. The passengers involved were taken away by the police for investigation. It is preliminarily understood that the cause of the accident is the smoke and fire of the charger carried by the passenger, which was not in use at the time of the accident.
Is it right to dispute that stewardess splash water to put out the fire?
Some netizens Tucao are very unprofessional.
From the on-site video released on the Internet, it can be seen that the stewardess used bottled mineral water to extinguish the fire directly after the danger. To this move, a lot of netizens question 'very unprofessional', think lithium battery fire should not be watered out directly. Another netizen asked, is there no fire extinguisher on the plane? Why not use a fire extinguisher?
China Southern Airlines responds' timely and accurate handling '
Is it right to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher? Yesterday, the official microblog of China Southern Airlines also gave a response: the stewardess' disposal was timely and accurate. According to the official Bo of China Southern Airlines, the training manual and outline are to put out the fire with the fastest speed. The fastest way for the steward to provide catering service is to put a large bottle of mineral water into the wash basin of the toilet and soak it in cold water, and send a special person to take care of it.
Experts say 'putting out the fire with water is the first choice'
In fact, the National Civil Aviation Administration of China has detailed and clear regulations on the standard operation and disposal of lithium battery ignition on the aircraft, the first of which is:
Because of the special danger of lithium battery, Helen fire extinguisher can't be put out completely. It can only put out the external flame and prevent the burning of the surrounding materials. The water fire extinguisher can not only eliminate the open fire, but also have a certain cooling effect. It is the first choice for emergency disposal of lithium battery on the machine.
Therefore, the crew's handling method is very professional and appropriate.
In addition, CAAC also stipulates that: it is forbidden to use similar articles such as fire blankets to cover or wrap lithium batteries or equipment containing lithium batteries for fire fighting, to move or take out lithium batteries or equipment containing lithium batteries that are on fire or smoking from luggage, and to take out lithium batteries that are on fire, smoking or heating from equipment containing lithium batteries. After the effective fire-fighting treatment, the lithium battery, equipment containing lithium battery or related luggage shall be immediately sprinkled with water or other non combustible liquid to cool down, so as to prevent the lithium battery from re burning.