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Vueling on this morning's engine fire at Paris-Orly

Paris, France - A back-up aircraft has already taken off towards Alicante

Concerning this morning occurrence at Paris-Orly airport, when the engine of a Vueling Airbus A-320/200 caught fire during push-back operations before its take off towards Alicante (flight VY9127, registration EC-ICQ, see AVIONEWS), the low-cost carrier issued a note precising that the back-up aircraft, that has already taken off at 3:00 pm local time and which arrival at Alicante is scheduled at 4:45...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108098
Rome, Italy, 08/05/2009 18:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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