Seems that a spark some how caused the tank in the starboard win to ignite. How and why no one knows at this stage, it just seems like a freak accident. It was only a couple of hours away from being released as seviceable, but its fair to say it might not ever make it back into the air now - the heat from it was pretty intense so who knows what thats done to the spars etc. Debris from the explosion made it from the workshop to the front of the hangar so it went off with an almighty bang. The photo in todays papers is totally misleading as its taken of the no1 workshop from the carpark; the otherside of the complex from where it happened - i imagine the Press wasnt allowed onto the apron to take a proper one of the scene. OSH and the police were doing an investigation of the scene today.
The engineer is still in a serious condition and is on life support in Christchurch hospital