Gulfstream SAV Hanger fire
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From the rumour mill and therefore "alledgedly":
I can't remember what they said the mechanic was doing, but he was cleaning something wearing an oxygen mask. When he took it off whatever he was doing didn't get on well with the O2 coming out of the mask and it (alledgedly - Gulfstream have more money for lawyers than I do) caused a flash fire which engulfed the rear section of a (I believe) Luton-based G550.
The back of the aircraft was superficially damaged (smoke etc), but the problem was that the hell hole door was open - so they don't know where the flames got to inside.
Closed everything down for at least 24 hours - if spares shipment was anything to go by.
Will be interesting to see whether the G550 owner wants it back or not after that...
I can't remember what they said the mechanic was doing, but he was cleaning something wearing an oxygen mask. When he took it off whatever he was doing didn't get on well with the O2 coming out of the mask and it (alledgedly - Gulfstream have more money for lawyers than I do) caused a flash fire which engulfed the rear section of a (I believe) Luton-based G550.
The back of the aircraft was superficially damaged (smoke etc), but the problem was that the hell hole door was open - so they don't know where the flames got to inside.
Closed everything down for at least 24 hours - if spares shipment was anything to go by.
Will be interesting to see whether the G550 owner wants it back or not after that...
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Originally Posted by Caledonian
bit off topic but did anyone ever see pictures of G-GMAC at Teterboro after it had an incident and is it flying again yet????
I believe however that the aircraft is writen off.
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I saw the aircraft 2 weeks ago. It was a wheel well fire. Maint was cleaning the wheel well area with alchol after doing some maintenance. Someone in the cockpit was doing some electrical checks (the aircraft was in for a maint check). The spark caused the alchol to ignite. From what I saw their was quite a bit of damage in the wheel well area.
