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Video: Vehicle Fire Causes Damage to Air Canada B777 at Montreal Airport
A fire incident occurred at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on July 9, involving an Air Canada Boeing 777-300. The incident took place on the airport tarmac, prompting the response of Montreal firefighters. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...
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Yikes! Several square feet of its fuselage skin appears to be severely blistered. . . and with structure underneath.
That’s not gonna buff right out
The Boeing repair team did a great job at las Vegas in 2015, after an uncontained GE-90 failure on British Airways flight 2276.
Coincidentally, I flew on G-VIIO (the "Las Vegas" airframe) from Tampa FL home to London in March of this year.
Now, if the airframe had been a plastic B787.....
Coincidentally, I flew on G-VIIO (the "Las Vegas" airframe) from Tampa FL home to London in March of this year.
Now, if the airframe had been a plastic B787.....
The fire crew did a great job and got it out real fast. the outer skin will have to be replaced.
Boeing AOG team is no doubt busy with this. Those chem milled lightening pockets in the skins are only .030 to .060 thick so not surprised that they popped a wrinkle in there...
I noticed in some earlier pictures that there was a Transat plane parked next to the triple 7. I guess they thought it wasn't serious enough to tug it away from there.
