then you have the ubs flight out of dubai in 2010. that was due to the batteries. it was basically fire that just filled the cockpit with smoke, either overcame the pilots or made it impossible to navigate. so inhappt happens definitely. what steps would pilots take to try to con taitain the fire? if we were flying at altitude the first indication would likely be the alarms that would be going off. the moment that alarm goes off there are a number of things that begin to go into play. the pilot and copilot would measly go for a checklist and begin to figure out who s going to fly, who s going to navigate. you want to get this plane down on the deck as low as you can, maybe 8,000 feet. because you re going to want to open the window to try to ventilate. at the same time you ve got oxygen masks that have come on, and you re going to begin communicate together ground. because you want to find out from air traffic control where you can get this plane down on the ground and onto a runwa