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Old May 17th 14, 06:03 PM posted to alt.home.repair,sci.electronics.design,rec.aviation.piloting
Kurt Ullman
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Default How does a wet cloth really help (scientifically) to survive an airplane crash?

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Ann Marie Brest wrote:

On Sat, 17 May 2014 05:39:45 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:

The reason you want to get heck out of a Halon environment is that is
displaces the oxygen so you have nothing to breathe. (It works on the
"air" part of the old fire triangle).


Hmmmmmm... isn't that the *opposite* of how Halon works in a fire?


Yep. As I mentioned I was trying to go with 30 year old memories.
That, and I never did inspections....
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