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Paris: Airbus Catches Fire on Runway


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What: Vueling Airbus A320-200 en route from Paris Orly Airport to Alicante Spain
Where: Paris
When: Aug 5th 2009 10h36
Who: 169 passengers
Why: After boarding but prior to takeoff, the Airbus’s right engine caught on fire. The official statement said that “the fire began when the aircraft was in “pushback” phase, the taxi procedure for towing the aircraft from loading up by a bar connected to a tractor trailer.”

Passengers debarked via slides. There were eight injuries reported; it was not released if the injuries were caused by the fire emergency or the slides, nor if those injured were passengers or crew.

Four and a half hours later, passengers were provided an alternative Airbus to take them to their destination.

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