Hull-loss description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAR 1993 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7C |
| Operator: | Aero Servicios |
| Registration: | HR-ALY |
| C/n / msn: | 45230/942 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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An explosion occurred on the ground during cleaning of the no,2 fuel tank with a pneumatic wire brush. The left wing sustained substantial damage. One person on the ground was injured by the explosion.
Sources:
» Scramble 191(p.39)
» Scramble 169
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
