On 2 June 1983, Air Canada flight 797 left Dallas/Fort Worth airport bound for Toronto. As it approached Cincinnati, a fire was discovered in the rear lavatory and the plane made an emergency landing at Cincinnati’s Northern Kentucky International Airport.
最終，23人因吸入濃煙死亡。到那時，貨艙（起火的地方）壁襯是用聚酯樹脂製成的。美國聯邦航空局頒布了一項規定，未來所有貨艙內襯都將使用酚醛樹脂製成。
當時還沒有任何酚醛貨物內襯層壓板技術。我們的研發部門由 Phillip Gill 領導，立即開始開發一種採用酚醛樹脂系統的層壓板，以滿足新的煙霧和毒性要求。
It was a dramatic change in the technology of our industry. Because of Phil’s efforts, we were at the forefront and in a very short amount of time we had a new cargo compartment liner to offer Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.
