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Old 21st Nov 2003, 16:29
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If I remember rightly the fire was caused by the failure of the starter motor which fired bits straight into the wing fuel tank at high rpm causing an uncontrollable fire. The motor should be fail safe, however, I heard something at the time about lock nuts being the wrong way round and not locking !.
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