Probe opens into S7 A321neo start-up engine fire
Russian investigators are probing an engine fire involving an Airbus A321neo which occurred as the aircraft was preparing to depart Novosibirsk. The twinjet – fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G powerplants – had been operating S7 service to the Vietnamese resort of Cam Ranh Jan 18. Russia’s federal Investigative Committee states that preliminary information indicates that an “ignition of accumulated aviation fuel” occurred as the parked aircraft’s engines started. Exhaust gas temperature sensors were triggered, it adds, and the crew activated the engine’s fire-extinguishing system. None of the 180 passengers and five crew members was injured, and those on board disembarked normally. The captain chose to cancel the flight. Circumstances of the incident are being assessed. <br/>
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Probe opens into S7 A321neo start-up engine fire
Russian investigators are probing an engine fire involving an Airbus A321neo which occurred as the aircraft was preparing to depart Novosibirsk. The twinjet – fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G powerplants – had been operating S7 service to the Vietnamese resort of Cam Ranh Jan 18. Russia’s federal Investigative Committee states that preliminary information indicates that an “ignition of accumulated aviation fuel” occurred as the parked aircraft’s engines started. Exhaust gas temperature sensors were triggered, it adds, and the crew activated the engine’s fire-extinguishing system. None of the 180 passengers and five crew members was injured, and those on board disembarked normally. The captain chose to cancel the flight. Circumstances of the incident are being assessed. <br/>
