Narrative:
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 passenger plane, V2-LGH, was destroyed in a fire on the ground at Antigua-Coolidge International Airport (ANU).
The LIAT owned plane was inside a hangar for a routine C check when a fire broke out at night. The airplane and hangar were destroyed by the fire.
Damaged on the ground
» LIAT press release
accident date: 10-06-2012
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311
registration: V2-LGH
| Status: | 5 |
| Date: | Sunday 10 June 2012 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 |
| Operator: | Leeward Islands Air Transport - LIAT |
| Registration: | V2-LGH |
| MSN: | 242 |
| First flight: | 1990-11-16 (21 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Antigua-Coolidge International Airport (ANU) ( Antigua and Barbuda)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 passenger plane, V2-LGH, was destroyed in a fire on the ground at Antigua-Coolidge International Airport (ANU).
The LIAT owned plane was inside a hangar for a routine C check when a fire broke out at night. The airplane and hangar were destroyed by the fire.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Antigua Observer» LIAT press release
Photos
accident date: 10-06-2012
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311
registration: V2-LGH
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