Air China A330 caught fire at Beijing Airport

[Stooky]

One of Air China's Airbus A330-300s has suffered serious damage during a fire at Beijing Capital airport.

Air China says passenger boarding had been under way for the aircraft, which was due to operate the CA183 service to Tokyo Haneda. The aircraft had previously arrived from Singapore.

It says that, during the boarding process, the cargo area at the front of the aircraft "smoked" and the crew "quickly executed firefighting measures" and evacuated the passengers.

"The specific cause of the incident is under investigation," says the carrier.

Images from the scene circulating on social media show thick smoke billowing from the twinjet, and indicate that the crown of the fuselage has suffered substantial damage.

The airport's operator states that there were no passengers on the aircraft as the emergency developed, and that the incident resulted in smoke from the cargo hold.

It adds that the accident occurred at about 16:00.

Preliminary indications from the social media footage suggest the aircraft involved is B-5958, a 2014 airframe powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines.

Cargo area caught fire.... lithium batteries?

 

 

 

 

[inlinesix]

That’s bad omen before Beijing Daxing opens

[Blueray]

somebody from SG checked in their PMD ? 🛴

 

and my 12,000th post on MCF. 😄

Edited August 27, 2019 by Blueray

[Soya]

25 minutes ago, Blueray said:

somebody from SG checked in their PMD ? 🛴

 

and my 12,000th post on MCF. 😄

Wahahaaa....nowadays everything fire is PMD fault

 

[Victor68]

Some western media will say china trying to sabo them by setting fire so people will not buy their plane. Haha

[mersaylee]

23 hours ago, Soya said:

Wahahaaa....nowadays everything fire is PMD fault

 

 Amazon fire also? 

[Soya]

2 minutes ago, mersaylee said:

 Amazon fire also? 

Heard GrabFood deliver there

 

[Beregond]

13 hours ago, mersaylee said:

 Amazon fire also? 

quite sad , such a big issue and impact on the world.

but not much coverage on it...