Fire on ground support equipment @ HKIA
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Fire on ground support equipment @ HKIA
A piece of loading equipment caught fire at Hong Kong International Airport next to the plane that was due to to fly from HKG to LAX
My guess is lithium batteries .... its only a matter of time before a pax aircraft goes up in smoke mid pacific. When will they ever learn?
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Having seen a few scratchy videos, I have this question - What was the ignition source? Did the fire start in the pallet, or did the loader motor overheat and catch fire??
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A fire that intense , I very much doubt that it was the motor of the hi loader . It looks more like a fuel leak and resulting fire , but as you say difficult to tell .
Fortunately the aircraft looks okay
Fortunately the aircraft looks okay
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Good pictures! PPRuNe Rumors & News discussion of the incident is here: http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/6...k-lap-kok.html
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Disappointing to see that the driver of the reactor towing the pallet on the dolly about to be loaded decided to just abandon his tractor in situ.
Whatever happened to lateral thought?
Perhaps:
"Holy bbq chicken feet, there's a fire!
Let me tow this pallet out of the way,
then I'll John Wayne it and unhitch it on the move,
then duck around to the back left hand side of the jet,
now I can push the scissor loader away from the airplane shaped fuel bowser.
Yeah I know it'll have the brakes on, but if I hit it hard enough, I might be able to move all that burning **** away from the jet, before it really starts to burn."
Or alternatively, " Ai yaaa....... " heard running off into the distance.
Whatever happened to lateral thought?
Perhaps:
"Holy bbq chicken feet, there's a fire!
Let me tow this pallet out of the way,
then I'll John Wayne it and unhitch it on the move,
then duck around to the back left hand side of the jet,
now I can push the scissor loader away from the airplane shaped fuel bowser.
Yeah I know it'll have the brakes on, but if I hit it hard enough, I might be able to move all that burning **** away from the jet, before it really starts to burn."
Or alternatively, " Ai yaaa....... " heard running off into the distance.
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Woujd anyone expect anything different?
The shocker would be if someone (anyone) actually took action.
Come to think of it, that bloke should be seriously considered for upper management.
The shocker would be if someone (anyone) actually took action.
Come to think of it, that bloke should be seriously considered for upper management.
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I think a natural reaction to seeing the pallet go up in flames would be, "Holy s*^t, next will be the explosion", driving the pallet away from the aircraft might be considered above and beyond the call of duty, yes?
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Parabellum you are assuming that the staff give a sh- t ,they have in all likelihood been treated like the pilots and simply no longer care if the aircraft burns or not , it's not theirs why worry ?