American Airlines flight Evacuated on the ground at LHR

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obrienct
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American Airlines flight Evacuated on the ground at LHR

Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:26 pm

I Wonder what type of "Technical Issue" Could have prompted such an evacuation? APU fire?

The Story here
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36635316


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Re: American Airlines flight Evacuated on the ground at LHR

Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:33 pm

It sounds like it is an APU issue, as a passenger said that he saw smoke coming out of the tail. I wonder what airframe and destination was involved.
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Re: American Airlines flight Evacuated on the ground at LHR

Sun Jun 26, 2016 5:06 pm

AZa346 wrote:
It sounds like it is an APU issue, as a passenger said that he saw smoke coming out of the tail. I wonder what airframe and destination was involved.


The aircraft involved was an A333, registration N276AY. The flight it was operating was AA728 PHL-LHR, the outbound flight it was going to operate, AA731 LHR-CLT has been cancelled
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Re: American Airlines flight Evacuated on the ground at LHR

Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:27 pm

The "burning" question is : "What would SQ have done?" :twisted:
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