Passenger jet catches fire at Fort Lauderdale airport

[Hatu]

A Venezuela-bound passenger jet preparing to take off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport caught fire Thursday...

The flight, No. 405, was bound for Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas. An aircraft taxiing behind the Dynamic jet reported that fuel was leaking from it before the fire began, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-fort-lauderdale-airport-plane-fire-20151029-story.html

 

[Kev3188]

Yikes! Not awesome. I've never heard of Dynamic Air. Anyone else?

More info here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/us/fort-lauderdale-plane-catches-fire-runway/index.html
 

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Good job by Silver for pointed out the issue and by the crew for a quick evac.

 

[jimntx]

Yikes! Not awesome. I've never heard of Dynamic Air. Anyone else?

More info here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/us/fort-lauderdale-plane-catches-fire-runway/index.html
 

Nor had I.  Seems they serve Caracas and Maracaibo in Venezuela and Georgetown, Guyana from JFK and FLL.  Who knew an airline could even exist with that limited a market!  But, they have 5 767s; so, they must be doing something right.

 

[eolesen]

Who knew an airline could even exist with that limited a market!  But, they have 5 767s; so, they must be doing something right.

Not really. It just means that Dynamic's owners/investors happen to also own a couple 767-200's, and flying them is marginally better than having them sit idle.

That's the case with the aircraft that burned up yesterday -- it was owned by one of Dynamic's principals. It used to fly at MaxJet, and was fondly known as Christine...

Rumor has it Kalitta did the overhauls here in the US.

http://www.kalittaair.com/air-frame-services/

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

https://www.facebook.com/abcnews/videos/10153866917358812/

Video of the evac. Look what the right engine running does to the slide. Also see the dude blown face first to the ramp. Captain and crew are last off. Great response by ARFF.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

It looks like the evacuation began as the pilots were completing their engine fire/evac checklist.

I am quite sure that no airlines emergency checklist has an evacuation starting prior to engine shutdowns.

The right engine was shutdown about 35 seconds into the evacuation sequence. This video will be used in many training sessions for years to come.

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcn.ws%2F1NF7uR7&h=LAQE0z2Kp&enc=AZPAkVux4bk-DexG1qMtYeRukXsxkTSA8RR1K7UHJD3It5wK3q1z1nWsBlGNaaY-yY32glplyMxa6OuEEQXPb1pzR7aodzf3mOgrHcXdEH8NCUcn3_dmw8L2Dc4CeL2z7D1r3XLYmJFyALRMoHky_qAe&s=1