Mitchell Holman wrote:
<Airplane fire>

That's not something you see at the airport everyday...

n0i

what accident is this?

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"Bill & Ange" > wrote in news:3Yo4o.32465$OU6.3379
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NTSB Identification: DCA01RA024.

On March 3, 2001, at approximately 1448 local time, a Boeing 737-400,
operated by Thai Airways, was destroyed by an explosion and fire while
parked at a gate at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. The airplane
was being prepared for a scheduled domestic passenger flight to Chiang
Mai,Thailand. Of the cabin crew and ground staff, one of the cabin crew
members was killed, six people were seriously injured, and three had
injuries listed as minor/none. The accident was investigated
by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee of Thailand. Assistance
was provided by the NTSB under the provisions of Annex 13, Investigation of
Accidents and Incidents, to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
On April 29, 2005, the Accident Investigation Committee of Thailand issued
a final report in which they determined that the Probable Cause of the
accident was an explosion of the center wing tank resulting from ignition
of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the tank. The source of the ignition
energy for the explosion could not be determined with certainty, but the
most likely source was an explosion originating at the center wing tank
pump as a result of running the pump in the presence of metal shavings and
a fuel/air mixture

On 29/07/2010 10:14 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:

The No Smoking sign is now off....