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US Airways Airbus Catches Fire At BUR

Bridogger6 From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 710 posts, RR: 11
Posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 20953 times:

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/...rport-with-72-passengers-on-board/

Doesn't seem to be any word on the cause.... anyone find any more details?

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D L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10561 posts, RR: 53
Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 20431 times:

Misleading headline.

It had an engine fire which was put out by the engine's fire suppression system. I bet this bird is flying again next week.

kgaiflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 3650 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 20075 times:

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Quoting D L X (Reply 1):
I bet this bird is flying again next week.

Next week?

I departed BUR for SFO at 3pm on UA 6310, and I saw no sign of any USAirways plane.

BUR does cover a lot of real estate. But there was no chatter whatsoever or media presence -- not at rental cars, not in the ticket lobby, not in TSA, and not at the concessions.

It was like just another boring day at BUR.

WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5395 posts, RR: 25
Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 19815 times:

Sounds like it was slowest news day of the year!!!

Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)

PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14
Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 18916 times:

At first I thought this was an April Fools Joke

but yeah that headline is very misleading

頑張ろう日本!

bennett123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6358 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 17542 times:

I think they call it a write off, followed by NTSB investigation and scrapping.

LV From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 1810 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 16186 times:

An Airbus with only 72 pax? Unless F was packed and Y was empty I can't imagine US made anything off that flight.

thenoflyzone From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 1964 posts, RR: 12
Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 13886 times:

Quoting LV (Reply 7):
An Airbus with only 72 pax? Unless F was packed and Y was empty I can't imagine US made anything off that flight.

Considering it is a 7 am flight on a sunday morning, i'd say that its a decent load factor, especially if the plane is an A319 (124 seats)

Even if it's an A320 (150 seats), it's still a decent load factor for a sunday morning flight.

Thenoflyzone

us Air Traffic Controllers have a good record, we haven't left one up there yet !!

HPRamper From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3662 posts, RR: 8
Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 13803 times:

Quoting thenoflyzone (Reply 8):
Considering it is a 7 am flight on a sunday morning, i'd say that its a decent load factor, especially if the plane is an A319

It's an A319, and you are correct. Loads on Sunday morning are usually very light...and I'd bet there were more than a couple nonrevs on board too.

catiii From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 2277 posts, RR: 3
Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1905 times:

Good audio of this event over at http://www.liveatc.net/recordings.php

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