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  • A321 tail fire while preparing for takeoff at Gimhae International, South Korea

    Aircraft was successfully evacuated. Reports vary between 169 and 176 passengers. Substantial damage to (unsurprisingly) the tail and the top of the fuselage. Source of the fire is unknown at this time. Operator was Air Busan. Intended destination was Hong Kong.




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    That will not buff off

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    • #3
      Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation

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      • #4
        If this was a thermal runaway in the overhead, it's a lucky thing that it happened on the ground.

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        • #5
          serious accident from Korean airline again! hope everyone is safe.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by thor View Post
            hope everyone is safe.
            If you would have read the linked report you would have noticed that The aircraft was evacuated via slides resulting in 4 minor injuries
            bernt stolle aviation photos on JetPhotos
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            • #7
              If this is from a Li-ion battery, planes need to have a way to deal with these on a flight. I imagine a specially designed suitcase sized fireproof container and some PPE so that the device can be tossed in. Just think of all the batteries that wind up on a plane - mobile phones, laptops, battery banks…

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              • #8
                Originally posted by xspeedy View Post
                If this is from a Li-ion battery, planes need to have a way to deal with these on a flight. I imagine a specially designed suitcase sized fireproof container and some PPE so that the device can be tossed in. Just think of all the batteries that wind up on a plane - mobile phones, laptops, battery banks…
                You imagined correctly, although apparently a large pitcher of water csn do the trick. But if it happens to a device in the overhead luggage it could be hard to locate and get at.

                This might also have been caused by equipment arcing for some reason. I think the satcom antenna is in that general area. Didn't this happen before....

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by xspeedy View Post
                  If this is from a Li-ion battery, planes need to have a way to deal with these on a flight.
                  They have. Every galley has a drawer for ice where they can put the battery in and drown it with the various liquids on board.
                  bernt stolle aviation photos on JetPhotos
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