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Old 29th November 2017, 08:17 PM
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Default Tow Tug Catches Fire Towing SIA 777

A tow tug catches fire while towing a SIA 777 to a departure gate at Changi Airport.

Story, pictures and video here:

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore...ing-sia-boeing

Youtube video:

https://youtu.be/_rqoqaqGpv0
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Old 29th November 2017, 10:10 PM
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This is one of the 777s that regularly services Canberra.
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Old 30th November 2017, 07:20 AM
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Seemed to take the firefighters a VERY long time to put that out!
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Old 3rd December 2017, 07:13 PM
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Question Only two guys with a water hose?

Two firefighters with a single water hose seemed quite inadequate. Surely a dump of foam would have snuffed that tug fire out very quickly?
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Old 12th June 2018, 06:40 AM
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Default Another Tug Catches Fire

A tug towing a Luthansa A340 at Franfurt Airport catches fire and damages the aircraft as well as injuring 10 people.

From The Aviation Herald:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4b9bfba4&opt=0

And from The Sun:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/649878...atest-updated/
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