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It's raining foam! Mesmerizing footage shows fire suppression test in aircraft hangar

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It's raining foam! Mesmerizing footage shows fire suppression test in aircraft hangar
It's raining foam! Mesmerizing footage shows fire suppression test in aircraft hangar

Hypnotic video shows Turkish Airlines testing its foam fire suppression system in aircraft hangar

VIDEO SHOWS: FOAM FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM BEING TESTED IN AIRCRAFT HANGAR RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JUNE 16, 2020) (TURKISH AIRLINES HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL) 1.

TURKISH AIRLINES WORKERS PERFORMING FIRE TEST / SYSTEM ALARM GOING OFF / MEN RUNNING AWAY 2.

VARIOUS OF FOAM BEING SPRINKLED 3.

FIRE SPRINKLER SPRAYING FOAM 4.

VARIOUS OF HANGAR BEING FILLED WITH FOAM 5.

TURKISH AIRLINES WORKERS FILMING THE TEST WITH THEIR MOBILES 6.

HANGAR FILLED WITH FOAM 7.

EXTERIOR OF TURKISH AIRLINES HANGAR STORY: Turkish Airlines released a dazzling video on Wednesday (June 17) showing foam fire suppression test at its aircraft hangar in Istanbul Airport.

Footage shot on Tuesday (June 16) showed the huge hanger being filled with foam as the alarm went off.

There are five 3500gpm fire pumps, 1938 cubic meters of firefighting water storage and 89 foam generators in Turkish Airlines hangars, the flag carrier said in a statement.

It said pressurized sprinklers with foam are activated automatically via sensors during an emergency, providing remote firefighting at a moment's notice to protect the health of the workers on site.

(Production: Yesim Dikmen)

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