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Granted under the "Seventh Framework Programme" of the European Commission Funded under FP7 - TRANSPORT Project Reference: 265612 01/01/11 to 30/09/14 |
Safety aboard aircraft is one of the main preoccupations of aircraft manufacturers and airline companies. For 20 years, the threat in aeronautics has decreased, but because the fatality rate on the world fleet has shown little improvement in the last ten years, more efforts are still necessary to reduce the incident/accident rate and increase the passenger and crew survivability despite the anticipated increase of the aeronautic traffic.
For the new generation of aircrafts (A350 or B-787 types), this fire impact must be re-evaluated by considering the increased use of composite materials for hull, wing and structure and fire growth from electrical ignition source required by electronics and avionics equipment.