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Title: | Brake fire after landing, Boeing 747-467, VR-HUE, 9 September 1996 |
Micro summary: | This Boeing 747-467 experienced a brake fire after landing. |
Event Time: | 1996-09-09 at 0336 UTC |
File Name: | 1996-09-09-UK.pdf |
Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) |
Publishing Country: | United Kingdom |
Report number: | EW/C96/9/2 |
Pages: | 2 |
Site of event: | Stand M26, London Heathrow Airport |
Departure: | Hong Kong International Airport (Check Lap Kok Airport), Hong Kong, China |
Destination: | London Heathrow Airport, London, England |
Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 747-467 |
Flight Phase: | Taxi |
Registration(s): | VR-HUE |
Operator(s): | Cathay Pacific Airways |
Type of flight: | Revenue |
Occupants: | 409 |
Fatalities: | 0 |
Serious Injuries: | 0 |
Minor/Non-Injured: | 409 |
Other Injuries: | 0 |
Executive Summary: | The aircraft had previously operated a sector from Singapore to Hong Kong, following which the No 1 main wheel assembly,complete with bearings, had been changed due to tyre wear. The aircraft then operated the Hong Kong to Heathrow sector normally until, after parking on the stand and while the passengers were disembarking, a ground engineer reported a brake fire. The fire was rapidly extinguished by the ground crew. The Airport Fire Service arrived just three minutes after being called, however the fire was out when they arrived, and they then continued to monitor the situation while the disembarkation continued normally. |
Learning Keywords: | Systems - Brake/Tire/Wheel Well Fire |
Systems - Landing Gear |
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