Narrative:
The aircraft was destroyed by a fire in a hangar. The probable cause was a cigarette butt that slowly consumed the bulkhead protection before spreading to the entire aircraft.
Damaged on the ground
» Thomas Brügge
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
| Status: | |
| Date: | xx OCT 1974 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |
| Operator: | Air Inter Gabon |
| Registration: | TR-LNF |
| MSN: | 16 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Port Gentil Airport (POG) ( Gabon)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The aircraft was destroyed by a fire in a hangar. The probable cause was a cigarette butt that slowly consumed the bulkhead protection before spreading to the entire aircraft.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Claude NICAISE» Thomas Brügge
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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