Hull-loss description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 AUG 2008 |
| Type: | Boeing 747-481D |
| Operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | JA8955 |
| C/n / msn: | 25639/914 |
| First flight: | 1992-04-17 (16 years 4 months) |
| 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: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (DMK) (Thailand) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The aircraft had received maintenance at a Thai facility at Bangkok-Don Muang. The 747 was being cleaned internally after maintenance. An inflammable cleaning agent was being used, which led to a fire in the forward cargo hold.
Sources:
» Willis Airline Insurance Insight, August 2008
» JACDEC
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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.
