AnotherFSO
24th Apr 2023, 07:15
Fire crews attending the emergency landing of a Pel-Air Saab 340A freighter have discovered the aircraft was badly damaged by an electrical fire.
The aircraft had taken off from Wagga Wagga, west of Canberra, on 23 April, but landed at Cobar airport some 85min after departure.
Smoke indicators had alerted the pilots and the cabin began filling with smoke en route.
“Crews arrived to find smoke issuing from the right side of the aircraft under the wing area,” says the New South Wales fire and rescue service.
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/in-flight-fire-damages-pel-air-saab-340-freighter/152964.article
The aircraft had taken off from Wagga Wagga, west of Canberra, on 23 April, but landed at Cobar airport some 85min after departure.
Smoke indicators had alerted the pilots and the cabin began filling with smoke en route.
“Crews arrived to find smoke issuing from the right side of the aircraft under the wing area,” says the New South Wales fire and rescue service.
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/in-flight-fire-damages-pel-air-saab-340-freighter/152964.article