Date: | Saturday 9 June 2012 |
Time: | 21:15 |
Type: | ATR 42-500 |
Owner/operator: | CSA Czech Airlines |
Registration: | OK-KFM |
MSN: | 635 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG) -
Czech Republic
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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 Location
Images:
photo (c) Miklos SZABO; Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP); 07 June 2012
photo (c) Václav Kudela; Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR); 29 November 2011
photo (c) Václav Kudela; Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR); 29 November 2011
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