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SIA investigates on the smoke in the cargo hold of an A380-800 plane descending to Singapore

Singapore, Singapore Republic - On Monday, January 31st

Singapore Airlines is currently investigating on the occurrence happened, on January 31, 2011, to one of its A-380/800 airplanes, registration number 9V-SKD. The aircraft, coming from Hong Kong, China, was descending to the destination airport, that of Singapore in the homonymous Republic, when was smelled smoke coming from the lavatory. Then the crew, as a precaution, used a fire extinguisher...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1125371
Rome, Italy, 02/02/2011 19:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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