Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in hangar fire.
Damaged on the ground
» Willem Wendt
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 26 March 1971 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Ansett Airlines of Australia |
| Registration: | VH-FNE |
| MSN: | 10145 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 27989 |
| Cycles: | 39944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB) ( Australia)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Damaged beyond repair in hangar fire.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Friendship forever nr.6» Willem Wendt
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A fire destroys an Ansett Fokker Friendship plane at Essendon Airport in 1971.
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Six fire brigade units and five fire trucks of the Department of Civil Aviation took 30 minutes to put out the blaze. Nobody was in the aircraft at the time of the fire.
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