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The Airport Fire was a wildfire that burned 23,526 acres (9,521 ha) in the Santa Ana Mountains in Southern California in September and October 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fire destroyed 160 structures in Orange and Riverside counties and caused 21 non-fatal injuries.
This slow fire spread out over a large area without being noticed. [1] At 15:31, a taxi driver informed the fire department that he had observed a few sparks falling out of the ceiling in the arrivals area. [1] [2] Two members of the airport fire brigade arrived on the scene a few minutes later, initially suspecting an electrical failure. [1]
The terminal building of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as it appeared prior to the 2013 fire. At approximately 4:30 am local time, [3] a fire originating in the immigration section of Unit I (used for international departures) rapidly spread to adjoining Unit II, which is used for international arrivals.
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Reconstruction in progress in 1999 after the Düsseldorf Airport fire. On 11 April 1996, the Düsseldorf Airport fire, which is the worst structural airport fire worldwide to date, broke out. It was caused by welding work on an elevated road in front of Terminal A above its arrivals area.
China Airlines Flight 120 [2] was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On 20 August 2007 the Boeing 737-809 (WL) aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport. Four ...
Airport firefighters have advanced training in the application of firefighting foams, dry chemical and clean agents used to extinguish burning aviation fuel in and around an aircraft in order to maintain a path for evacuating passengers to exit the fire hazard area. Further, should fire either be encountered in the cabin or extend there from an ...
The 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision refers to a runway collision that occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan on 2 January 2024, involving an Airbus A350-900, operating as Japan Airlines Flight 516 (JAL516), and a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q300 operated by the Japan Coast Guard (JA722A).