Luton-10

[LTNman]

[ImPlaneCrazy]

LTN Fire < video here

Looks awful. Right above the drop off and DART too. Hope all involved are ok

[LTNman]

The drop off zone will no doubt be closed tomorrow. This is going to be a nightmare for the airport

[davidjohnson6]

Will the car park still be structurally sound after the fire is out ? If not ... ?

[LTNman]

Looking at video the fire appears to be end to end of the multi-storey. Structural damage? Newspapers are picking up the story.

[LTNman]

Airport seems to be not accepting arrivals.

[LTNman]

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

Will the car park still be structurally sound after the fire is out ? If not ... ?

Under the multi story is the drop off area

[N707ZS]

Wonder if it was a Tesla.

[AirportPlanner1]

There is a video from airside which makes it look as though there was fire in two locations at either end. Perhaps it’s an illusion, hopefully this wasn’t foul play

[LTNman]

Luton Airport flights suspended after large car park fire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-67073446

[LTNman]

The fire appears to be between floors. So in the space of days we have had flood and fire.

[LTNman]

Rumours of a death, apparently not true

[ImPlaneCrazy]

Originally Posted by LTNman

Rumours of a death.

I suspect such speculation is far from helpful for anyone involved. Let’s keep to the facts until we know them.

[Spanish eyes]

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[davidjohnson6]

Report in the Mirror that a floor has collapsed in the car park
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...-live-31154091

[LTNman]

Seems the whole car park and drop off area is on fire. Car park is new but has no sprinklers. I can’t see how the airport can function without a drop off area. No dart either tonight. Oh and the best bit, despite a massive area in front of the Dart at Parkway it has no public access so can’t be brought into service.

[davidjohnson6]

Why is a drop-off area essential to an airport operating ? Perhaps just force all passengers to either travel by train to Parkway (and restore the shuttle bus service but at much higher frequency per hour) and/or offer a very high frequency bus service from Luton town centre ? Painful... but just thinking what might happen in non-standard circumstances

[LTNman]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-car-park.html

One half of the structure is fully involved in fire and the building has suffered a significant structural collapse,' the fire service said in a statement.

​​​​​​​00;45 and I am still hearing major explosions

[Cazza_fly]

Originally Posted by LTNman

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-car-park.html


00;45 and I am still hearing major explosions

You will do. Theres hundreds of fuel and battery laden cars in what no appears to be now very confined spaces.

[LTNman]

I suspect they will turn the mid term car park into a drop off area after they have shifted a few hundred cars and then make people walk through the tunnel for a long walk but that won’t happen straight away.

Lots of easyJet flight cancelled for Wednesday