FAA To Require Fire Detection On Transports

FAA, warned nearly 10 years ago by the National Transportation Safety Board about the danger of cargo hold fires to passenger aircraft, now says it plans to ban oxidizing materials from cargo compartments and require retrofit of fire detection and suppression equipment on about 2,800 older...

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