[Greg McDonald]

Not heard of this one happening before:

A BOTTLE of water caused a fire in the cockpit of a Airbus A320 passenger aircraft as it was about to land at a Queensland airport.
According to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau report, the pilots were lining up on the runway when they smelled smoke last month.

It was coming from the cover of a log carried in the cockpit to record inflight defects in mechanical, navigation, electrical, hydraulic and radio equipment, The Courier-Mail reports.

The incident was reported to the bureau, which investigated and concluded a water bottle was to blame.

"The sun was shining through a water bottle at the side of the cockpit," the ATSB report said.

"The bottle was focusing the sunlight like a magnifying glass on the cover of the cabinet defect log, which began burning."

The bureau did not say whether the water in the bottle was used to douse the fire.