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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
Yep, Wiki says one landing , one takeoff.....explains why we circle LHR for ages every time we land
pkdu
Jul 2013
#6
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)1. Biggest surprise of this story?
Ethiopian Airlines has Dreamliners or Ethiopia has an airline?
pkdu
(3,977 posts)2. Or that Heathrow only has 2 runways? Methinks not. Nt.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)3. Two primary runways.
Yep.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)4. Well the google only shows 2
pkdu
(3,977 posts)6. Yep, Wiki says one landing , one takeoff.....explains why we circle LHR for ages every time we land
there!
Cheers.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)8. They ordered 10, were the first airline outside Japan to take delivery, they received the third made
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)9. Thanks, J.P. Morgan!
"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
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 airports 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."
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 airports 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."
railsback
(1,881 posts)7. Bad news for Boeing
Good news for AirBus.