Sentence examples for cockpit fires from inspiring English sources

Well, maybe not exactly like Mr. Cummings, a former bush pilot in Alaska who told me he had been through a couple of dozen cockpit fires and other adventures in severe conditions.

French officials have said that the most likely cause of the crash was a cockpit fire.

It was the mission that put Apollo back on track after a cockpit fire during a launching pad rehearsal had killed three astronauts in January 1967.

Mr. Lovell did not say whether anyone had scripted the line he said -- "Houston, we have a problem" -- when a cockpit fire broke out.

The commander and pilot, in the cockpit, fired maneuvering jets to turn the shuttle so that it was flying tail first, a position it needed to brake.

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The pilot climbs out of the plane's cockpit and fires two warning shots from his pistol – motorists on the road next to the airport have been taking pictures of this strange sight.

Formula One safety has progressed rapidly since the 1970s, when more than one driver burned to death when his weight-saving magnesium chassis and monocoque, the single-piece tub containing the cockpit, caught fire in a crash.

Smoke in cockpit but no fire.

He later tweeted: 'Smoke in cockpit but no fire.

--The crew became incapacitated by smoke in the cockpit after a fire disabled the autopilot and other systems.