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| Date: | Thursday 14 February 2002 |
| Time: | 17:02 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (F) |
| Owner/operator: | World Airways Cargo |
| Registration: | N526MD |
| MSN: | 46998/267 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Near Shannon -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The cargo aircraft was in a descent to Shannon and was about 10 minutes out when the yellow smoke caution and the Captains “master caution” light illuminated in the cockpit. The No.2 pneumatic manifold failure light then illuminated quickly followed by a cargo area fire warning light and Captains master fire warning light. The Captain declared an emergency and ATC notified the Airport Fire Services. As the aircraft came to a halt on Runway 24 (RWY 24) it was met by sections of this Service. Immediate evacuation of the crew of the aircraft and two passengers was made using a
crash rescue ladder and exiting through the front LH door. When the smoke cleared it was found that the air bleed duct of the No.2 engine had ruptured and the impinging hot air charred the insulation, generating the smoke in the process. There were no injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/3631-REPORT_2003_002-0.PDF
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11757 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 2009 | N526MD | Arrow Air | 0 | Near Eduardo Gomes Airport Manaus - AM |  |
min |
| Uncontained engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2025 07:19 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 24-Feb-2025 07:21 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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