Hull-loss description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 09 JUN 2012 |
| Time: | 21:15 |
| Type: | ATR-42-500 |
| Operator: | CSA Czech Airlines |
| Registration: | OK-KFM |
| C/n / msn: | 635 |
| First flight: | 2005-03-03 (7 years 3 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG) (Czech Republic) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
An ATR-42-500 passenger plane was destroyed in a fire at Prague, Czech Republic. One maintenance worker was injured.
The airplane was parked inside Czech Airlines Technics' Hangar F for maintenance when reportedly an explosion occurred, followed by a fire. The airplane burned out completely. Another airplane in the hangar, ATR-42 OK-JFK sustained some damage.
Sources:
» Novinky.cz
» IHNED.cz
Photos
OK-KFM photographed two days before the fire
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.
