- Title: U.S.A. AIRLINER DESTROYED IN CRASH SAFETY TEST.
- Date: 11th July 1964
- Summary: 1. PLANE 0.04 2. SIGN ON PLANE - FAA TEST 0.08 3. FIRE TRUCK 0.12 4. HELICOPTER FLYING 0.14 5. TAIL OF PLANE - PAN TO PLANE 0.22 6. MAN IN FIRE TRUCK - 2 SHOTS. 0.27 7. MAN PUTS HELMET ON 0.32 8. MAN PUTS TORCH TO PLANE. 0.40 9. PLANE ON FIRE. 0.46 10. HELICOPTER OVER BURNING PLANE 0.54 11. SMOKE IN AIR. 0.56 12. HELICOPTER BLOWING SMOKE AWAY. 1.05 13. FIRE TRUCK ARRIVES 1.13 14. FIREMEN FIGHTING FIRE. 1.16 15. PLANE AND TRUCK 1.20 16. MEN PAN TO FIRE. 1.23 17. FOAM BEING SPRAYED ON PLANE. 1.24 18. FOAM ALL OVER PLANE 1.31 19. FIREMEN WITH FOAM. 1.32 20. FOAM ON PLANE. 1.36 21. FIREMEN FIGHTING FIRE. 1.44 Initials DR/V/JH/JM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th July 1964 13:00
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- Location: NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA
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- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA3PSKXURO45MOFPV6O1OXL8334
- Story Text: IN A SPECTACULAR DEMONSTRATION OF NEW RESCUE TECHNIQUES FOR CRASHED AIRCRAFT ON FRIDAY, A BOEING STRATOCRUISER WAS SET ALIGHT AT A NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AIRFIELD. THEN AS THE FLAMES ENVELOPED THE AIRLINER, A HELICOPTER FLEW LOW OVER THE FLAMES, MUFFLING THEM WITH THE WIND OF ITS ROTAR. THIS ENABLED CONVENTIONAL FIRE-FIGHTING CREWS TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE HEART OF THE BLAZE.
THE DEMONSTRATION WAS ORGANISED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY. A WING OF THE PLANE WAS SOAKED IN PETROL AND THEN IGNITED. FIFTEEN SECONDS LATER A HELICOPTER FLEW IN AND HOVERED ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE NOSE OF THE PLANE. AS THE FLAMES WERE BEATEN BACK, FIRE ENGINES WERE ABLE TO DRIVE RIGHT UP TO THE PLANE AND A FIREMAN, WEARING AN ASBESTOS SUIT, WALKED CALMLY THROUGH THE INFERNO.
THE DEMONSTRATION WAS TO TEST THE PRACTICABILITY OF KEEPING HELICOPTER AT CIVILIAN AIRPORTS TO BE USED AS AN AID TO FIRE FIGHTING.
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