SQ446 Cargo Fire

[FN-GM]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4613943a&opt=0

[SQGamespeed]

Glad they decided to divert to BKK right away. Could have been much worse.

One comment suggests lithium ion batteries, perhaps reminiscent of the 787's misfortunes a couple of months back.

[milehighj]

Glad they decided to divert to BKK right away. Could have been much worse.

One comment suggests lithium ion batteries, perhaps reminiscent of the 787's misfortunes a couple of months back.

This seems to be a cargo hold issue rather than an aircraft component (787 example).

A better, but no less catastrophic analogy, is probably the 2011 Asiana 744F crash: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_991

[SQflyergirl]

That's tango oscar grounded for a while i think.

[Moviela]

That's tango oscar grounded for a while i think.

Naw, the Thai's will have it repainted by breakfast and send it onward.


I am just glad the passengers were all safe, and an emergency evacuation was not necessary. Faced with a night in Bangkok instead of Bangledesh I would say "what a pleasure."

That has to be the most scary situation for a passenger to smell smoke 20 minutes from the airport.

[UMD]

Saw the picture on the other site which was quite scary with smoke coming out from the cargo hold after it landed. Glad that the plane landed safely and that everyone was safe. They should find out what's in the cargo manifest.

[FlyBoy]

Very happy to hear this ended well!

Could have very easily ended up being another http://avherald.com/h?article=4307772e

[choonhong]

SIA jet emergency landing: Luggage a likely fire source

SIA jet emergency landing: Luggage a likely fire source


By Hoe Pei Shan
BUSINESSMAN Gaurav Deepak Rajwani was just about to enjoy his dessert on board his Dhaka-bound Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight, when it was announced that the plane would be making an emergency landing in Bangkok because smoke had been detected.

It was not until the Airbus A-330 touched down that Mr Rajwani, 23, realised that he had "just survived something which could have been much worse".

Stepping out of the aircraft on Monday night just after 8pm Bangkok time, he saw "lots of fire trucks" standing by and "a lot of smoke" billowing out of the rear cargo hold where there had been a fire, he was told by the crew.

All 105 passengers and 12 crew on board the flight from Singapore were unhurt.

"The aircraft was thankfully intact," wrote Mr Rajwani in e-mail messages to The Straits Times.

He added that passengers were later informed that two pieces of passengers' luggage had been partially burnt, leading him to think that one of the bags could have been the source of the fire - a view shared by some aviation experts.

Aviation consultant Gerry Soejatman said the incident "is not typical of SIA or the Airbus A-330".

He added that he is "pretty certain that the fire source was from cargo" as the A-330 "has been in service for two decades and there have so far been no known incidents with cargo hold fire caused by aircraft parts".

Mr Pradeep Kripalani, the chief pilot of Singapore's Discovery Flying Club, said:"Airlines are supposed to take a lot of precautions in screening cargo and baggage.

"But there are passengers who don't declare what they're shipping properly because it's inconvenient, such as diving enthusiasts trying to ship oxygen cylinders that aren't properly emptied."

The airline declined to comment on the cause of the smoke, citing ongoing investigations by the Thai authorities and the SIA.

The Straits Times asked the airline if cargo and baggage screening is comprehensive, and if it was possible that passengers could accidentally, or otherwise, bring on board prohibited items - such as flammable materials.

An SIA spokesman would only say that the airline "screens cargo that is loaded into our planes, and as a matter of policy we do not divulge or discuss security screening processes and procedures for the loading of cargo".

"The airport authorities screen our customers' luggage," he added.

Source: ST

[milehighj]

Aviation consultant Gerry Soejatman said the incident "is not typical of SIA or the Airbus A-330".

Source: ST

Well thank heavens for that! Now that this is cleared up I can step aboard SQ and/or the A330 again. Thanks ST for such quality journalism.

[JonLee]

Well thank heavens for that! Now that this is cleared up I can step aboard SQ and/or the A330 again. Thanks ST for such quality journalism.

Yup... but this is a isolated case too.. not because of the airline or aircraft

[MAN Flyer]

Well thank heavens for that! Now that this is cleared up I can step aboard SQ and/or the A330 again. Thanks ST for such quality journalism.

[FN-GM]

Who is ST? Most of that "journalism" is pure guess work.

[flying.monkeyz]

And they have to resort to interviewing a flying club regarding airline matters???

[JonLee]

Who is ST? Most of that "journalism" is pure guess work.

ST is Singapore's Newspaper Straits Times. Well, it is probably guess work+ lifted from some sources

[SQ228]

All 105 passengers and 12 crew on board the flight from Singapore were unhurt.

Is this a normal loading for Dhaka? A SilkAir A320 could handle this route if it is!