Tinker AFB hangar foam fire suppression system goes off

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Posted: 7/25/2007 5:17:07 PM EDT

Malfunction Sends Foam Bubbling From Air Base Hangar
No One Hurt During Incident
POSTED: 12:09 pm PDT July 25, 2007
UPDATED: 12:38 pm PDT July 25, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY -- There were bubbles everywhere Wednesday near Tinker Air
Force Base in Oklahoma City.

Foam spewed from an airplane hangar after an anti-fire foam system
malfunctioned.

Bubbles could be seen coming from all openings of the building.

At one point, it appeared the foam was as high as an airplane wing.
No one was hurt in the foam release.

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Posted: 7/25/2007 5:20:55 PM EDT

[#1]

Well, I'm sure the floor needed to be washed anyway

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:24:47 PM EDT

[#2]

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:27:53 PM EDT

[#3]

Better thee than me.

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:30:06 PM EDT

[#4]

Our washrack at Langley AFB has been set off twice due to a tape ball game gone wrong, and our corrosion control facility was set off once with a maintenance stand I believe it was.

While the hangars aren't that large it still cost aver $100,000 at wack to clean up due to environmental laws I believe was the reason we were given. I'm guessing it was more along the lines of because the government was paying for it.

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:32:02 PM EDT

[#5]

Fire up one of those engines, that oughta take care of it.

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:32:07 PM EDT

[#6]

How to go from E6 to E1 in 10 seconds or less!

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:32:45 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Our washrack at Langley AFB has been set off twice due to a tape ball game gone wrong, and our corrosion control facility was set off once with a maintenance stand I believe it was.

While the hangars aren't that large it still cost aver $100,000 at wack to clean up due to environmental laws I believe was the reason we were given. I'm guessing it was more along the lines of because the government was paying for it.

The real trouble with this one is that foam is corrosive and that jet was opened up.

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:33:04 PM EDT

[#8]

Damn, what a mess

. I'm sure if it was an Army hanger we'd have a shitload of Privates there trying to share 1 or 2 mops, 5 sponges, and a couple green pads.

So--I wonder how much the Air Force paid for some civvy company to clean that up.

Posted: 7/25/2007 5:41:45 PM EDT

[#9]

That would make one serious GI party.

Posted: 7/25/2007 6:01:25 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Our washrack at Langley AFB has been set off twice due to a tape ball game gone wrong, and our corrosion control facility was set off once with a maintenance stand I believe it was.

While the hangars aren't that large it still cost aver $100,000 at wack to clean up due to environmental laws I believe was the reason we were given. I'm guessing it was more along the lines of because the government was paying for it.

It costs that much for civilians also. When the testing was done for a Delta hanger at CVG, a cleanup and refill of the system ran around that price.