Fire engulfs Air Cargo Carrier SH36's right landing gear while taxiing
2012 05 22
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AN Air Cargo Carrier Shorts SD-360, on a freight flight from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Houston Intercontinental, with two crew aboard, had already landed on Houston's runway 27 and was taxiing when fire broke out in the brakes of the right main landing gear.
The aircraft stopped, emergency services responded deploying numerous fire engines and put the fire out, reported the accident tracking Aviation Herald of Salzburg, Austria. No injuries occurred, the aircraft however received substantial damage to the right hand main gear and right wing, said the report.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported the aircraft was already on the taxiway when a tyre caught fire causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The FAA is investigating the occurrence.
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