Fire in the Sky

Abstract

FROM the ashes of the Air Canada DC‐9 inflight inferno and British Airways B‐737 runway disaster at Manchester, fire will rise to wreak further untold havoc somewhere. This is inevitable and just about the only certainty surrounding the most capricious of primordial forces. Where and when it will happen, are less predictable, but as long as man continues to flirt with fire, he is sure to unleash the catastrophic forces which cause incalculable human suffering and immense material damage.