Iberia Plane
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Taken from the Irish Independent
MORE than 100 passengers were dramatically evacuated using emergency chutes from a plane at Dublin Airport last night after fire broke out at the rear.
Dublin airport was forced to shut down all operations for half an hour while a full emergency response plan went into operation.
The 97 passengers and six crew were evacuated from the Iberia airlines plane after fire broke out at a rear power unit on the tail fin.
The emergency alert was launched just as the Iberia A320 Airbus from Barcelona landed. It is understood the plane cleared the runway and was taxiing en route to the stand when the auxiliary power unit was turned on and went on fire.
Fire brigade units at the airport responded immediately, and the passengers and crew were evacuated using the emergency chutes.
Initial reports were that it may have been the result of an electrical problem.
Investigations are now likely to be carried out by the air accident investigation unit of the Department of Transport, the regulator for Iberia and the Spanish regulatory authority.
A spokesperson for the Dublin Airport Authority said operations at the airport were suspended just before 8pm when the emergency plan went into action. Support was provided by the Dublin fire brigade, with two units and a senior officer involved in the emergency response.
An additional six units of the fire brigade were on standby along with six health board ambulances. The units came from the Kilbarrack, Finglas and Phibsboro fire stations.
The airport spokesperson said operations returned to normal shortly after the emergency.
A number of fire trucks remained surrounding the plane after all of the passengers had been evacuated.
One passenger was taken to Beaumont hospital suffering from a chest pain.
The remaining passengers were brought into the terminal building and were aided by staff from the handling company Aviance. The drama comes just weeks after an alert was simulated at the airport to test planned responses to an emergency.
The exercise involved the pilot of a Paris to Dublin flight issuing a mayday because of smoke in the cabin. When the plane landed, rescue vehicles were deployed to take passengers to 'safety'