BA Jet involved in air stair fire.
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What? Nobody claiming it's an EV yet? 😁
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I have witnessed this on a smaller scale! Years ago, while at the Flight Service office getting the weather, the specialist casually looked out the window, then turned to me and asked if that was my Cessna 206 parked in front? Yes, I replied. He said that I might want to get down there, as the fuel truck about to fill it was on fire. Sure enough, a raging fire in the engine room of the fuel truck. We pushed the airplane (un damaged) well, very well, away from the fuel truck, while the airport fire department came to extinguish the fuel truck! 'Probably not so easy for BA in this case!
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Oopsy.....should buff out with a bit of spit and polish...sunglasses on the dashboard?
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The driver of the stairs must have left something combustable on the dashboard as that lends itself to where the fire was eminating from inside the vehicle cab (the usual suspects are ciggy lighters, sunglasses et al), it does not appear to be from under the cab (ie engine) or the stairs themselves.
A moment's lapse in concentration in leaving something on a dashboard has caused many a gutted vehicle, fortunate this time that the fire didn't take hold of the aircraft as well.
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@ BobnnieLass : The driver of the stairs must have left something combustable on the dashboard as that lends itself to where the fire was eminating from inside the vehicle cab (the usual suspects are ciggy lighters, sunglasses et al),
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As in …. Something powered by a lithium battery caught fire?
(Just to satisfy the anti ‘lectrics amongst us).
(Just to satisfy the anti ‘lectrics amongst us).
Yep, gotta watch those lithium sunnies.
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