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Effectiveness of Seat Cushion Blocking Layer Materials against Cabin Fires
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Materials are available for preventing or retarding aircraft cabin fires involving urethane foam seat cushions. Realistic fire tests performed in a wide-body test article demonstrate that some in-flight and ramp fires can be prevented, and that the allowable time for safe evacuation can be significantly extended during a survivable postcrash fuel fire, when the urethane foam seat cushion is covered by a “blocking layer” material.
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Sarkos, C. and Hill, R., "Effectiveness of Seat Cushion Blocking Layer Materials against Cabin Fires," SAE Technical Paper 821484, 1982, https://doi.org/10.4271/821484.Also In
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