NTSB TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS RESPOND TO A GROUND FIRE ABOARD B-767 CARGO JET

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

June 29, 2008

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NTSB TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS RESPOND TO A GROUND FIRE ABOARD B-767 
CARGO JET 


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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team 
of specialists to investigate a ground fire that erupted 
aboard a parked B-767 cargo jet last night at the San 
Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California. 
 
About 10:00 p.m. PDT, the flightcrew of a Boeing B-767 
(N799AX), operated by Airborne Express as cargo flight 1611, 
reported smoke and fire just aft of cockpit while preparing 
to start the engines.  The airplane was parked at the time, 
and all cargo had been loaded.  Both flightcrew members 
exited the airplane safely via cockpit window.  The airport 
rescue and fire fighting unit extinguished the fire; 
however, a hole had been burned through the crown of the 
aircraft above the forward galley area.

NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has designated investigator 
Lorenda Ward as the Investigator-in-Charge.  An aviation 
systems specialist, survival factors specialist, and 
fire/explosion specialist will accompany her.  The team is 
expected to arrive on scene this evening.
  
NTSB Media Contact: Keith Holloway  
(202) 314-6100  
hollowk@xxxxxxxx 



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