Multi-purpose passenger aircraft, use thereof, operation method therefore and passenger aircraft series
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorMarc WESSELOH
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Abstract
An aircraft usable as a passenger aircraft and a fire fighter aircraft. The passenger aircraft includes a passenger area with passenger seats and a permanently installed fire extinguishing medium tank for storing fire extinguishing medium such as water, as well as a fire extinguishing medium nozzle for discharging the fire extinguishing medium. The passenger aircraft may be a type from an aircraft series also including a long-haul aircraft having a center tank for range extension. In the passenger aircraft, a center tank may be used as an extinguishing medium tank.
Claims14
A passenger aircraft, comprising:
- a passenger cabin with at least twenty passenger seats and a cargo deck,
- a permanently installed extinguishing medium tank for holding an extinguishing medium for firefighting a major fire, and
- at least one extinguishing medium nozzle connected to the extinguishing medium tank for discharging the extinguishing medium over the major fire.
A method of firefighting comprising:
- flying a passenger aircraft having a passenger cabin with passenger seats, and
- using a center tank permanently installed in a fuselage of the passenger aircraft as an extinguishing medium tank for firefighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.