Engine fire? Perth Australia 29/04/2014

[harrryw]

Plane catches fire at Perth Airport (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/04/29/13/29/plane-catches-fire-at-perth-airport)
seems like an engine fire at Perth Australia.

[flyhardmo]

Right hand engine????

[CL300]

yes in Australia it is reversed...:)

[FLYDHC8]

Maybe the passengers were sitting reverse :}

[Garnitur]

Incident: Cobham RJ1H at Perth on Apr 29th 2014, uncontained engine failure (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4739fcc8&opt=0)

[surely not]

Interesting that one photo labels it a Cargo aircraft even though the report mentions 92 pax plus crew!! So it is official that pax are now self loading freight?

[DaveReidUK]

Right hand engine????

Well you could argue that No2 is the right-hand engine on the left-hand wing. :O

[The Bullwinkle]

Just another typical media response to an aviation incident.
Never let the facts get in the way!

[His dudeness]

Seems the RJ1H have a serial:

27th March: Accident: Swiss RJ1H at London on Mar 27th 2014, rejected takeoff (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=47208a75&opt=0)

27th April: Incident: Swiss RJ1H at London on Apr 27th 2014, engine shut down in flight (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=47399447&opt=0)