Narrative:
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER, 9V-SQK, was being towed from a remote parking bay to Terminal 3 at Singapore-Changi International Airport when the tow truck caught fire. The fire was put out by ARFF.
The lower forward fuselage was covered in soot. The technician who was on the flight deck at the time of the incident evacuated the aircraft.
Damaged on the ground
accident date: 29-11-2017
type: Boeing 777-212ER
registration: 9V-SQK
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 29 November 2017 |
| Time: | 0.23019814491272 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-212ER |
| Operator: | Singapore Airlines |
| Registration: | 9V-SQK |
| MSN: | 33368/428 |
| First flight: | 2003-01-14 (14 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 884 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN) ( Singapore)
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER, 9V-SQK, was being towed from a remote parking bay to Terminal 3 at Singapore-Changi International Airport when the tow truck caught fire. The fire was put out by ARFF.
The lower forward fuselage was covered in soot. The technician who was on the flight deck at the time of the incident evacuated the aircraft.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» straitstimes.comPhotos
accident date: 29-11-2017
type: Boeing 777-212ER
registration: 9V-SQK
Video, social media
Tow tug at #ChangiAirport catches fire as it is towing a #SingaporeAirlines plane https://t.co/FtwQwzlQ2P pic.twitter.com/Qc095TuhHT
The Straits Times (@STcom) 29 november 2017
4am a tow tug caught fire as it was pulling a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212(ER) 9V-SQK to a departure gate at Singapore Changi Airport It was crossing the bridge above Airport Boulevard Road when the tow tug caught fire.@noorabbasmirza @planet_aviation @SingaporeAir pic.twitter.com/XmH2uPfrxK
ALi Hamza (@ALihamxa24) November 29, 2017
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