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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1995 |
| Time: | c. 10:26 LT |
| Type: |  Fokker 70 |
| Owner/operator: | British Midland |
| Registration: | G-BVTF |
| MSN: | 11539 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
With the flight crew on board, the aircraft was embarking passengers prior to a flight to
Leeds/Bradford Airport when the loadmaster and No 1 stewardess became aware, from the reaction of several passengers, that something unusual was happening outside to the right of the aircraft. They
quickly established that a small fire was burning in the region of the diesel engine of the bowser
refuelling the aircraft. An announcement was made over the public address system directing the
passengers to leave the aircraft via the jetway through which they had just boarded, with which the
passengers complied. The commander of the aircraft, on hearing this announcement, made his way
into the cabin, by which time both the fire and the passengers were no longer to be seen.
The bowser driver/refueller, upon seeing the fire, had stopped the refuelling operation and
disconnected the hose from the aircraft. Together with a colleague and airline employee, the fire was
extinguished using portable extinguishers, two of them from the subject vehicle, which were
discharged into the fire from beneath the bowser's engine. Approximately one minute after the alarm
was raised, the Airport Fire Service was in attendance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fb85e5274a1317000879/Fokker_F28_Mk_070__G-BVTF_02-96.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9204492 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1999 | G-BVTF | British Midland | 0 | Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 23:48 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 10-Aug-2025 23:49 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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