Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Qatar Airways smoking plane

 It must have been  very scary experience on Sunday .The flight to London from Doha  had to return after take -off -as there was a very strong smell of burning and the cabin was full of thick smoke .

It landed luckily and the fire was put out .It is believed to be caused by faulty electric wiring but it is not official yet .

 I found a very interesting opinion about what  might be behind the incident .

"The problem nowadays, not only with Qatar Airways, is that their route/ flight expansions require a heavy utilization of their fleets leading to shorter turn around times, this in turn leads to flippant checking/maintenance of the smaller details such as wearing out wiring insulation etc. and this can also lead to such events....there are many reported events involving smoke/burning smells in different parts of the aircraft from all over the world."


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