"We're presently having new airplanes designed -- they're on the
drawing board. Boeing has one. Airbus has what's called the Airbus
380, a 550 passenger airplane. The regulations haven't changed.
They don't have to provide any more fire detection or fire
protection than we had on Swiss Air 111."
Source: ALPA's Ken Adams, who represented the
pilots' union during the Canadian Transportation Safety Board's
investigation into the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111 in November,
1998. NOVA, a PBS program produced by WGBH in Boston, reports
materials previously thought to be fireproof -- metalized mylar and
silicone duct caps, for instance -- in fact fed the fire that
ultimately led to the destruction of the MD-11 and the deaths of
all 221 people on board. "NOVA Presents: Cra
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