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A fire occurred aboard a Spanair's airplane while taxiing

Cologne, Germany - The aircraft was immediately evacuated and some 20 persons would have been contused

A MD-83 of the Spanish airline, Spanair, was immediately evacuated this morning at Cologne Airport (Germany), due to a failure which would have caused a fire on board. The accident would have occurred around 10:10 am (local time), whereas the aircraft was about to take off towards Palma de Majorca after almost completing the taxiing stage. When the 174 persons on board realized that smoke was rapidly...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102042
Rome, Italy, 08/23/2004 13:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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