Singapore Airlines; A Boeing 777 catches fire while tow trucks towing it

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Back on November 17th, 207 a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER was being towed toward the Terminal 3 of the Singapore-Changi Airport by two tow trucks when it suddenly caught fire.

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Luckily, at the time of towing, the aircraft did not have any passengers onboard.

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If you look at the pictures down below, you will see that the aircraft has been majorly damaged by the fire.

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However, there was one technician sitting inside the cockpit of the plane. However, he too was safely evacuated from the burning plane via the emergency slide.

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Airport security and services immediately arrived on the scene and started to control the fire.

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No injuries were reported. This aircraft before catching fire was scheduled for a flight that would have had took-off from Singapore and land in Hong Kong. The flight was transferred to another aircraft and took-off after a 13 minutes display.

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Below you can also see the special video from a mobile camera as the firefighters tried to control the fire.

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