A jet’s carbon-composite fiber fuselage burned on a Tokyo runway. Is the material safe?

John Goglia talks about the use of composites in aircraft manufacture in this Los Angles Times article.

“There has always been a concern about composites if they catch fire because the fumes are toxic,” said John Goglia, a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents in the United States. “That threat continues as long as the airplane burns — actually after, because those little fibers might be floating around in the smoke.”