How does a foam fire-suppression system work? Watch these videos. A fire suppression system malfunctioned inside a United hangar at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Cars buried in foam outside United hangar at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
HOUSTON – A fire suppression system malfunctioned inside a United airlines hangar at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport early Thursday morning.
Foam from the system then accidentally filled the hangar and the surrounding area.
MORE: Cleanup underway at Bush Intercontinental Airport after fire suppression foam leak
So how is a fire-suppression system supposed to work?
See the video below as 13 feet of foam fills a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base during a test in 2020.
See the video below from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center during a test inside a hangar in 2015.
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