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by numinary1 2136 days ago
Kapton insulation was not shown to be the root cause of the crash of Swissair 111, nor was it entirely ruled out. https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1998/a98...
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I read the report and it seems to put most blame on all the flammable materials present than the initial arcing event.