26th March 2011, 02:55 PM
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4813...r-cockpit-fire
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A Nelson man was among passengers on a Qantas flight from the Philippines to Sydney who feared for their lives as pilots had to put out an electrical fire in the cockpit.
Murray Malone is now questioning the safety of the Airbus A330-200.
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Malone, who is a member of the Stoke Classics rugby team which played at the Manila 10s tournament, awoke on the flight at 3.30am on Wednesday five hours into the eight-hour flight to hear a pilot saying they had a big problem
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Malone, who is Turners and Growers' development manager, was the only one from the Stoke team on the flight, which landed safely in Cairns.
The captain then asked the passengers if they had questions and Malone asked for the technical details. He was told there had been a short circuit in the electrical server to the windscreen heater that caused the fire. The automatic fire extinguisher had put it out at the outset then it fired up again.
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Don't worry about the ATSB, Malone is on the case...
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