View Full Version : Ex-aeroflot Il-96 (RA-96010) burned down in SVO
Ray Panpillage
3rd Jun 2014, 18:20
Interesting afternoon at Sheremetevo this afternoon.
Aircraft fire Sheremetevo June 2014 - YouTube (http://youtu.be/6ziKc7VXsfc)
It seemed to be burning sometime before arriving at the airport but still in full flow on our way out to our plane and was fully 'cabriolet' by the time we left.
Kulverstukas
3rd Jun 2014, 18:27
http://russianplanes.net/images/to138000/137920.jpg
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TOWTEAMBASE
3rd Jun 2014, 18:35
What started that ? Hardly lithium batteries !
Kulverstukas
3rd Jun 2014, 18:46
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No more info yet. Rumors are it was possible that somebody smoke inside.
Ray Panpillage
3rd Jun 2014, 18:59
Aircraft fire Sheremetevo June 2014 - YouTube (http://youtu.be/6ziKc7VXsfc)
Smoketrails
3rd Jun 2014, 19:26
Check the aircraft landing in the distance at 2.35!!!
Kulverstukas
3rd Jun 2014, 19:33
It's Sun reflections.
vovachan
3rd Jun 2014, 21:20
Who knows. They say the plane has been stored for a while.
oicur12.again
3rd Jun 2014, 22:15
doesnt look like sun reflection to me. it looks like a rather hazy day!
Phalanger
4th Jun 2014, 02:15
The aircraft landing at 40 seconds does the same. The only difference is with the camera zoomed in so heavily the sensor has trouble with the new brighter part.
paulmoscow
4th Jun 2014, 07:27
it looks like a rather hazy day!
The weather in Moscow is extremely hot, sunny and dry now. Nevertheless, the timing is quite suspicious.
DaveReidUK
4th Jun 2014, 08:42
They say the plane has been stored for a while.Depends what you mean by "a while". The aircraft in question was in revenue service up to the end of January this year.
SKS777FLYER
4th Jun 2014, 09:18
Doesn't look like B-777 oxygen mask hose fire.
Kulverstukas
4th Jun 2014, 10:49
Last time in the air was 24th of Jan 2014. Stored at SVO since.
Sqwak7700
4th Jun 2014, 18:09
Sounds like an insurance scam to me. How convenient.
Reminds me of the BA classic that got "mortared" in Kuwait back in GW1
:E
ConstantFlyer
4th Jun 2014, 19:35
What a great pity. I flew on its sistership RA-96011 last year, and it was a most pleasant flight. While very dated inside, it felt spacious, powerful and quieter than I'd imagined it would. I suppose the IL-96's days with Aeroflot are numbered.
Volume
5th Jun 2014, 07:35
I understand that the IL-96īs days with Aeroflot are over since March.
Kulverstukas
5th Jun 2014, 09:29
They all are over their 20 yr resource as passenger and seems that prolongation will be not paid by Aeroflot.
ManaAdaSystem
5th Jun 2014, 09:43
The Russians manage to deal with an aircraft fire on ground and keep the airport open at the same time?
LHR would shut down for hours had it happened there.
DaveReidUK
5th Jun 2014, 10:35
The Russians manage to deal with an aircraft fire on ground and keep the airport open at the same time?Two possible explanations for that, of course:
i) Even with the RFS resources allocated to the Il-96 fire, there was still sufficient fire cover to handle normal operations
ii) There wasn't, but nobody cared