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In response to "of all the crazy theories about the mayalsia air plane, this one on wired actually makes sense -- (link)" by Andie

I don't get how an electrical fire disables all electrics except for the auto pilot. -- nm

Posted by loyola Mar 18 '14, 14:12

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Neither do I, but he's a commercial pilot and I'm not. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:20 5
- he's saying if you have a fire and don't know exactly where, you start pulling the electrical boxes to try to isolate and stop it. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:22 4
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    - A combination of your thought of overwhelming and also Andie's line below. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:32
    - This line from the article was interesting to me - and maybe addresses that? "Aviate, navigate, and lastly, communicate is the mantra in such - Andie Mar 18, 14:30 1
      - deliberate, fascinate, deviate, reinstate, liberate, moderate -- nm - Max Mar 18, 14:35
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- lol -- nm - loyola Mar 18, 14:38
HE's suggesting a fire in the wheelwell could disable the communications and when dealing with electrical fires, they pull the fuses and reset them... - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:17 2
- As I understand it the acars on that boeing has a stand alone battery that enables it to stays emitting data unless it's manually switched off. - loyola Mar 18, 14:32
- i don't think he is suggesting they were 'confused', he is suggesting they were overwhelmed physically, probably by smoke. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:18

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