novaphile
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'bout the bird, bird, bird...
Haven't you heard the word?
Haven't you heard the word?
'bout the bird, bird, bird...
It is interesting to note that that same model has had several different issues with fuel leaks between 2010 and 2016 (although they only mention the petrol models, the diesel model has the same tank, so I don't see why only the petrol models have the recall???) with the high pressure fuel lines having a rubber seal leak on the fuel tank itself, as well as tanks actually cracking at one of the seams- so it isn't exactly an unknown issue they have had fuel delivery system issues...
And how strange- the fuel lines from the tank to the engine just happens to run down the passengers side of the body from the back to the front of the vehicle- exactly where the fire appears to be coming from in the video released of the car on fire at Luton airport???
(it even has a joint directly under the passengers seat underneath!!!)
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"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice
How the fire in the vehicle reached such an intensity in so short a time
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The public needs to have the full information as it needs to know how and why the 1,300 cars were destroyed. As Tommy Cooper might have said, "Just like that".
In addition, the fire started 10 Oct 2023 yet police didn't interview the driver until 23 Oct 2023 so it does look as though he went off somewhere on a flight abroad.
Speaking of which, here is what the JLR Sport hybrid model has its lithium battery...
The report claims the owner rang up 999 so why wasn't he there when the two Romanian ladies attempted to quell the fire.
The public needs to have the full information as it needs to know how and why the 1,300 cars were destroyed.
This is just a guess, but perhaps once he'd told the 999 operator that he'd used two fire extinguishers but failed to extinguish the fire they told him to get to a place of safety and wait for the fire services.
Have you tried reading the report, in particular the section headed "fire progression" et seq?
You have no idea how this vehicle fire compares to other vehicle fires in terms of the speed with which it took hold and the intensity with which it burned. Why should we hold a public inquiry to investigate something you haven't even established is unusual?I honestly think there should be a public inquiry into:
- How the fire in the vehicle reached such an intensity in so short a time
- Why lessons were not learnt from Liverpool
- Why Beds F&R Services had no idea there was a water tank available nearby in the airport instead of having to use up valuable time looking elsewhere.
The report says the driver located and used two fire extinguishers (and we see two extinguishers in photos) then he called 999. So by the time of his call the fire was intense enough that two extinguishers couldn't deal with it and by 5 minutes later another 3 cars were ablaze.The report claims the owner rang up 999 so why wasn't he there when the two Romanian ladies attempted to quell the fire. As of that stage it didn't look dangerous to them.
You don't know when the driver was first questioned. You know a date when he was (temporarily) arrested and just assume that's the same thing.In addition, the fire started 10 Oct 2023 yet police didn't interview the driver until 23 Oct 2023 so it does look as though he went off somewhere on a flight abroad.
Well, to be fair, it is equally possible that they were Vulcans...It's like complaining the 9/11 NIST report doesn't debunk the idea the hijackers were romulans.
You have no idea how this vehicle fire compares to other vehicle fires in terms of the speed with which it took hold and the intensity with which it burned. Why should we hold a public inquiry to investigate something you haven't even established is unusual?
You've asked the Liverpool question before and the answer as before is the Luton car park was designed before the Liverpool report came out and there were no requirements, then current or applied retrospectively, which it failed to meet. Unless you know different. In which case you might have a valid cause to ask for an inquiry. Do you have anything like that?
Regarding the water available on site, there were problems, but not as you describe, and the report deals with them. Why does it need a public inquiry to repeat that work? And it might be helpful if you read the report with a bit more care before demanding public inquiries into things which did not happen.
The report says the driver located and used two fire extinguishers (and we see two extinguishers in photos) then he called 999. So by the time of his call the fire was intense enough that two extinguishers couldn't deal with it and by 5 minutes later another 3 cars were ablaze.
It doesn't mention any Romanian ladies. What did they use to try to quell the fire, and how do you know the driver was not there when they were?
You don't know when the driver was first questioned. You know a date when he was (temporarily) arrested and just assume that's the same thing.
The video was said to have been taken shortly after the fire began on the third floor of the car park.
The woman who filmed the blaze was there to pick up relatives.
"We saw there was a fire [but] the fire extinguisher from this floor was used, so we went to another floor to take another," she said.
"But at that moment when we came to the car, it exploded and we couldn't come near."
Evening StandardAA technical expert Greg Carter said the most common cause of car fires is an electrical fault with the 12-volt battery system.
He added that diesel is “much less flammable” than petrol, and in a car it takes “intense pressure or sustained flame” to ignite diesel.
It's like complaining the 9/11 NIST report doesn't debunk the idea the hijackers were romulans.
Well, to be fair, it is equally possible that they were Vulcans...
It was as early as 11 October 2023 they settled on the 'electrical fault in diesel engine' theme...
AA technical expert Greg Carter said the most common cause of car fires is an electrical fault with the 12-volt battery system.
Not only are anonymous alcoholics an unreliable source of technical information, but cars don't even use AA batteries.