Originally Posted by
Concerto
Somebody smoking in the toilet perhaps, then chucking the butt in the waste bin with a resultant bin fire. Could have happened earlier and been smoldering for a while.
I don't think it's a simple fire. Look at Swissair 111 - 21 minutes from the crew smelling smoke to impacting the water.
This is either an accelerated fire/explosion or the smoke detector reading is spurious perhaps generated by system failure.
Last edited by bioblot; May 21, 2016 at 6:58 am