Luton Airport car park fire

[ALFAitalia]

I cant say I've ever flown from there.....or ever been to Luton fullstop come to think of it.....I cant see that a visit to Luton is on many peoples bucket list!

 

[whitenemesis]

How warm??

Depends on the grade but generally ~ 50c

 

[clk320x]

Best thing about Luton Airport is that it lets me fly here.

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Can’t you get there from Heathrow?

 

[Darrell]

Can’t you get there from Heathrow?

No. There are no airports there.

 

[Dippo]

I cant say I've ever flown from there.....or ever been to Luton fullstop come to think of it.....I cant see that a visit to Luton is on many peoples bucket list!

If you work in certain parts of the car industry, there's a very good chance you will have been to Luton.

 

[ALFAitalia]

The parts I was in were based in sunny Milton Keynes!....so not too far from Luton.
Of course Luton Airport has this classy melody to forever remind us of it...

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[markjay]

Bit draconian. Have you also banned phones and laptops.? Same tech. Turns out that vaping is dangerous for reasons of fire. See attached. Last paragraph gives some data on ICE and EV
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TfL announces safety ban of e-scooters on transport network

TfL announces safety ban of e-scooters on transport network

tfl.gov.uk

"Recently there have been incidents of privately-owned e-scooters and e-unicycles catching fire whilst on TfL services or infrastructure. In response to these incidents, TfL has undertaken further work to review the safety of the vehicles and their suitability for carriage on the TfL transport network.

This review has found that the incidents that occurred were caused by defective lithium-ion batteries which ruptured without warning."

They're banned now, since 2021.

 

[markjay]

Did that as an experiment at the age of 12 didn't everyone ?

It was a big open tank of diesel and I'll say we weren't 100% confident of the result but yes the match went out. We learnt and lived which was nice.

Diesel is oil. It generally needs a 'wick' to ignite. Essentially it's a liquid candle. You can't ignite the wax in a candle without the wick.

 

[markjay]

Luton Airport fire: Users of fire-hit car park 'left in limbo'

Holidaymakers say they still do not know if their cars were damaged in the large fire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Darrell]

Diesel is oil. It generally needs a 'wick' to ignite. Essentially it's a liquid candle. You can't ignite the wax in a candle without the wick.

I was in Bombay many moons ago and I remember filling up the taxi with a Marlboro on the go. Nobody batted an eyelid.

 

[markjay]

I was in Bombay many moons ago and I remember filling up the taxi with a Marlboro on the go. Nobody batted an eyelid.

I posted a few years ago a photo taken at motorway services in the South of Italy, showing tables with ashtrays outside the coffee shop, just yards away from the pumps.

 

[BTB 500]

If you work in certain parts of the car industry, there's a very good chance you will have been to Luton.

I worked in the office block above the Arndale Centre in Luton for some time in the mid '80s. I commuted by train from Hampton Court, which was fun.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Hi , well how flammable is diesel ?

Pour a tea spoon full in the palm of your hand and then clap as hard as you can.

 

[Connoisseur]

Car was a JLR Special, an old fashioned smelly Diesel, the best JLR can di.

But EV are at fault

Oh woe indeed

 

[markjay]

Car was a JLR Special, an old fashioned smelly Diesel, the best JLR can di.

But EV are at fault

Oh woe indeed

Didn't someone on here say it had 23 plates?

 

[Connoisseur]

Didn't someone on here say it had 23 plates?

Yup, a brand new smelly old JLR Diesel it was

 

[markjay]

Yup, a brand new smelly old JLR Diesel it was

So why do we have 9 pages about Li-ion batteries.....???

 

[markjay]

Yup, a brand new smelly old JLR Diesel it was

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8:10...

Someone should drop him an email and let him know.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Not so with EVs, every single malfunction or fire will be all over social media, the traditional press, and the subject of at least three 45 minute YouTube videos by a miserable Australian.

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8:10...

Someone should drop him an email and let him know.

 

[clk320x]

So why do we have 9 pages about Li-ion batteries.....???

because change is scary for some… similar people would have existed when the horse and cart was phased out…