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other blood tests. The allocated seat numbers of the two victims with high carboxyhaemoglobin saturations were 30E and 40D. Seat 30E was located in the Business Class, at body station 1160, which was fairly far forward in the passenger cabin. The respiratory passages of all eight bodies examined, contained soot. Five of the victims could be identified. They had been allocated seats 30E, 37A, 37D, 40D and 42A.

Radiological examinations were conducted on 5 bodies. No signs of radio opaque foreign objects were found.

1.14 Fire

1.14.1 The first known indication of fire was an alarm signal on the flight deck (recorded on the CVR) that was identified by the flight crew as coming from the main deck cargo compartment smoke warning detectors. This occurred 28 minutes 31 seconds from the beginning of the CVR recording. Approximately twenty six seconds later the flight engineer stated that the "Other one came on as well, I've got two". At 29 minutes 5 seconds into the recording the main deck cargo fire check list was called for, and at 29 minutes 52 seconds the recording ended. This was