COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT HAVE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES, BUT ARE THEY WORTH THE HAZARDS THEY INTRODUCE? FIRE, SMOKE AND TOXICITY. THE FAA APPEARS TO TREAT THESE HAZARDS LIGHTLY, BUT SHOULD THEY RECONSIDER APPROVING CARBON FIBRE - EPOXY RESIN MATERIAL? 
THE AIRCRAFT STALLED ON TAKEOFF DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING AIRSPEED INDICATING SYSTEM . . . The two pilots ejected from the aircraft and only suffered minor injuries. The two persons, sex unknown, are wearing HAZMAT protective suits because of the toxicity of the “crash atmosphere”!
(One of the two ejection seats is shown here.) NOTE: Composite aircaft accidents are surviveable - if all the occupants have low level ejection seats, quick opening parachutes and avoid the smoke!
Posted for Jim
