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SCAT Airline jet burns up at Kazakhstan airport terminal
SCAT Airline jet burns up at Khazakstan airport terminal as horrified passengers look on, due to oxygen cylinder explosion during maintenance. Blaze destroyed jet before firefighters were able to bring fire under control. SCAT Airlines among world's most dangerous carriers. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Plus d'info...
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Again probably lack of proper maintenance. Most likely nobody in the maintenance department can read, speak or understand the maintenance manuals which are probably written in english.
People need to understand professionalism and maintenance in most places in the world are a crapshoot, even in the airline industry.
Video of fire, although the reporting seems to be in Russian:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1192656/Fight-SCAT-Airlines-plane-fire-Aktau-airport.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1192656/Fight-SCAT-Airlines-plane-fire-Aktau-airport.html
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150616-0
The report on ASN says that the local media quoted an airport worker who claimed the fire was caused by an oxygen cylinder. Pictures of the damage are also on this link
The report on ASN says that the local media quoted an airport worker who claimed the fire was caused by an oxygen cylinder. Pictures of the damage are also on this link
