Kalitta to install anti-smoke 'bubble' system in 747 cockpits

摘要

US freighter operator Kalitta Air is to equip its Boeing 747s with emergency vision assurance system technology, which allows pilots to see through dense smoke in cockpits. Developed by Hawaii-based VisionSafe, the technology displaces smoke through the inflation of a transparent bubble, which provides a clear, contained volume of air through which the crew can view vital instruments. The decision by Kalitta, which has around 20 747-400 and -200 aircraft, comes after two other operators, UPS and Asiana Airlines, each lost a 747400 freighter to an inflight fire within the space of a year. Kalitta experienced a 747 diversion to Frankfurt in April after a cockpit smoke alert.