Why Did The Fire Spread So Fast On Flight 111? | Fire On Board | Mayday: Air Disaster

PART 2 | Do you think that the pilots could have done anything more to stop the fire from breaking out so destructively? When the pilots switched off all non-essential electrical systems, they thought that they had switched off the in-flight entertainment system. As the cockpit fills with smoke, pilots are forced to leave their seats. Investigators believed that there was no one at the controls of Flight 111 when it crashed. When the passengers and crew saw this, they knew they were in trouble.

The Canadian Coast Guard picks up bodies and wreckage on the surface of the water. The black box and the cockpit voice recorder both stopped at the same time as the last transmission. Experts study the remains of the cockpit the discover what caused the fire and it turns out that the in-flight entertainment system provided the spark and the insulation that covers the inside of the aircraft provided the tinder.

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From Season 1 Episode 3 "Fire on Board": Everything is normal as Flight 111 leaves New York City for Geneva however 56 minutes into the flight, the captain smells smoke. A fire breaks out and once it is declared an emergency, it isn't long until the plane crashes into the Atlantic, killing all passengers on board.

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