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Old 26th Oct 2012, 07:27
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Dark Helmet
 
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The TWCU APU fire (ZA400?) was the biggest aircraft fire I have ever been involved with. Very scary indeed. I was Ramptramp at the time and remember seeing the drop tanks rippling in the flames and the heat. I thought that it was going to explode any second. Myself and a colleague (Lurch) managed to tow the second aircraft out of the way but we did get a bit burnt in the process. For me it was my left shoulder and my hair.

Happy days!

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