NTSB issues cargo fire-safety recommendations

Transportation

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Requiring active fire suppression systems, improving early detection of fires and developing better fire-resistant cargo containers are three recommendations the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has issued, seeking to reduce the frequency of in-flight cargo fires. The NTSB has suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration make the inclusion of fire-suppression systems a new rule. NTSB officials have looked into three fire-related cargo issues in the past...

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