Narrative:
The cabin of a parked Dassault Falcon 50 jet was consumed by fire at Toronto-Buttonville Airport, Canada.
The aircraft was parked on the apron at the time. A chainlink perimeter fence was cut and an empty jerry can was found at the base of the aircraft's left-hand forward door.
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Thursday 27 February 2020 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 50 |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | N951DJ |
| MSN: | 38 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| 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: | Toronto-Buttonville Airport, ON (YKZ) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The cabin of a parked Dassault Falcon 50 jet was consumed by fire at Toronto-Buttonville Airport, Canada.
The aircraft was parked on the apron at the time. A chainlink perimeter fence was cut and an empty jerry can was found at the base of the aircraft's left-hand forward door.
Classification:
Deliberately crashed
Sources:
» cbc.caPhotos
Video, social media
PLANE FIRE Dassault Falcon 50 bizjet destroyed by fire at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport. Police say the aircaft was parked. No injuries. Fire Marshal notified due to suspicious nature of the fire. #N951DJ pic.twitter.com/ilHJXeZrvW
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) February 28, 2020
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