[woliveirajr]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varig_Flight_820

Yes, it was about safety.

[protimewaster]

It feels pretty obvious that discouraging fire in a fully enclosed space would have safety as a motivating factor, so I'm surprised that multiple people here are arguing that there's no safety component.

[Rebelgecko]

It seems like the corrective action was just to add ash trays? Interesting how the pilot later disappeared without a trace tho