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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 3:38 pm
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Wally Bird
 
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Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
Please point out one fire on a passenger airliner started because of matches or lighters. I will save you the trouble - you cannot, because there have not been any.
Actually there have been several, but all inadvertant AFAIK, and quickly doused. A Virgin FA told me of one instance where a couple were doing the beast with two backs under a blanket after which they (naturally) needed a cigarette and promptly set fire to the blanket
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