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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 12:33 PM Jul 2013

Boeing Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow Airport

A fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner plane has forced both runways at Heathrow Airport to close.

Nobody was on board the aircraft and no injuries have been reported.

All arrivals and departures have been suspended at the West London airport.

Pictures of the aircraft show that is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.



http://news.sky.com/story/1115054/heathrow-plane-catches-fire-on-runway

Lemon of the skies....

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Boeing Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow Airport (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2013 OP
Biggest surprise of this story? bluedigger Jul 2013 #1
Or that Heathrow only has 2 runways? Methinks not. Nt. pkdu Jul 2013 #2
Two primary runways. enlightenment Jul 2013 #3
Well the google only shows 2 hootinholler Jul 2013 #4
Yep, Wiki says one landing , one takeoff.....explains why we circle LHR for ages every time we land pkdu Jul 2013 #6
They ordered 10, were the first airline outside Japan to take delivery, they received the third made FarCenter Jul 2013 #8
Thanks, J.P. Morgan! bluedigger Jul 2013 #9
Follow up n2doc Jul 2013 #5
Bad news for Boeing railsback Jul 2013 #7

pkdu

(3,977 posts)
6. Yep, Wiki says one landing , one takeoff.....explains why we circle LHR for ages every time we land
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jul 2013

there!

Cheers.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
9. Thanks, J.P. Morgan!
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 02:18 PM
Jul 2013


"Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 16, 2012 – Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, has secured $1 billion of financing from J.P. Morgan for its 10 Boeing B787-8- Dreamliners. The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) of the United States has provided export credit agency support via guaranteed loans that cover 85% of the total cost of the aircraft. The balance will be financed by a group of financial institutions including ING Capital, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the ICF Debt Pool LLP (ICF), and from internal cash resources of Ethiopian."

Oh, wait. Thanks, US taxpayers!

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
5. Follow up
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 12:58 PM
Jul 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10176808/Heathrow-Airport-closed-after-fire-breaks-out-on-Ethiopian-Airlines-Dreamliner-on-runway.html

The incident, which was reported just after 4.30pm, involved an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Dreamliner. No passengers were on board at the time, and no injuries were reported.

Pictures showed the aircraft on the runway, surrounded by fire engines, with smoke coming from it.

A Heathrow spokesman said: "We can confirm there has been an on-board internal fire involving an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, and the airport’s emergency services are in attendance.

"The aircraft was parked on a remote parking stand. There were no passengers on board and there are no reported injuries at this time.

"Arrivals and departures are temporarily suspended while airport fire crews attend to this incident. This is a standard procedure if fire crews are occupied with an incident."
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