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Jetstar A332 Cockpit Fire


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Contact Photographer John Richard Thomson

What: Australian Jetstar (division of Qantas) Airbus A330-200 en route from Japan to Australia (Osaka Kansai to Bilinga Gold Coast)
Where: emergency landing on the island of Guam
When: June 10th
Who: 203 mostly Japanese passengers and crew
Why: When a fire broke out in the cockpit when the plane was over the Pacific Ocean, one of the pilots used a fire extinguisher to control the fire.

Passengers debarked normally.

The plane is only two years old; and will be held in Guam as the incident is investigated. 4 investigators will be sent to examine the aircraft.

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