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Old 4th Sep 2006, 06:33
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<<Full emergency call out.>>

The incident may not have been as exciting as that suggests. Any such incident occurring to an aircraft on the ground will result in a turn-out of the safety services. Eg Burst tyre, smoking brakes, collision with vehicle on the stand, etc. It doesn't necessarily mean that lives are in danger. At some airfields this may be called an "Aircraft Ground Incident" and the response is similar to "Full Emergency".
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