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  2. In-flight fire - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of the fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797. In aviation, an in-flight fire is a type of aviation accident where an aircraft catches on fire in-flight. They are considered one of the most dangerous hazards in aviation, with a report from the British Civil Aviation Authority showing that after a fire on an aircraft starts, flight crews only have on average 17 minutes to land their ...

  3. Air Canada Flight 797 - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, MSN 47196, originally registered as CF-TLU, that was manufactured in 1968 and was delivered to Air Canada on April 7. . It had logged 36,825 airframe hours and 34,987 takeoff and landing cycles and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engin

  4. UPS Airlines Flight 6 - Wikipedia

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    UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by UPS.On September 3, 2010, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Cologne, Germany, developed an in-flight fire, which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members, the only people on board.

  5. In-flight fire; 0–9. 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash; A. Aeroflot Flight 558; Aeroflot Flight 2306; ... Air France Flight 4590; October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash;

  6. United plane flying from Texas to Florida catches fire midair ...

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    The video of the engine fire was taken about 10 minutes after the plane departed. ... “Grateful to be safely on the ground @united flight 1118 left jet fire over the Gulf of Mexico,” one ...

  7. Oven fire causes American Airlines flight to divert to Houston

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    No one was injured in the incident aboard the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The flight had ... Airport operations and the Houston Fire Department also responded to the aircraft on a report of a fire in ...

  8. China Airlines Flight 120 - Wikipedia

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    China Airlines Flight 120 [2] was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On 20 August 2007 the Boeing 737-809 (WL) aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport. Four ...

  9. How common are plane engine fires and bird collisions? An ...

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    An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at its departure airport in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday morning after a bird allegedly struck the engine. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday, American 1958 ...