The relative safety of passengers in LH2 - fueled aircraft, as well as the safety of people in areas surrounding a crash scene, has been evaluated in an analytical study. Four representative circumstances were postulated involving a transport aircraft in which varying degrees of severity of damage were sustained. Potention hazard to the passengers and to the surroundings posed by the spilled fuel was evaluated for each circumstance. Corresponding aircraft fueled with liquid methane, Jet A, and JP-4 were also studied in order to make comparisons of the relative safety. The four scenarios which were used to provide a basis for the evaluation included: (1) a small fuel leak internal to the aircraft, (2) a survivable crash in which a significant quantity of fuel is spilled in a radial pattern as a result of impact with a stationary object while taxiing at fairly low speed, (3) a survivable crash in which a significant quantity of fuel is spilled in an axial pattern as a result of impact during landing, and (4) a non-survivable crash in which a massive fuel spill occurs instantaneously.


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    Title :

    Assessment of Crash Fire Hazard of LH sub 2 Fueled Aircraft


    Contributors:
    G. D. Brewer (author) / G. Wittlin (author) / E. F. Versaw (author) / R. Parmley (author) / R. Cima (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    199 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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