Date: | Wednesday 29 November 2017 |
Time: | 04:00 |
Type: | Boeing 777-212ER |
Owner/operator: | Singapore Airlines |
Registration: | 9V-SQK |
MSN: | 33368/428 |
Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 884 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN) -
Singapore
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Phase: | Pushback / towing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
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.
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straitstimes.com Images:
photo (c) Alec Wilson; Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH); 03 September 2012; (CC:by-sa)
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