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皇冠体育app Southern Airlines plane catches fire, again
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-09-13 15:53
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GUANGZHOU -?A 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines plane caught fire while loading in South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong province early Monday. No casualties were reported.
It is the company's second incident to cause alarm in less than 24 hours.
The plane's cargo hold caught fire at 8 am after passengers had boarded and?the luggage was being loaded at Gungzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, officials of 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines Co. Ltd and Gungzhou Baiyun International Airport said.
No one was hurt, an official said,?who declined?to be named.
Fight CZ3533 was scheduled to head for Qingdao city in East 皇冠体育app's Shandong province, but as of 1:30 pm it had still not departed.
Police are carrying out an investigation at the scene with the employees of the airlines and the airport.
Initial findings showed that the fire was caused by combustibles in the cargo hold, police said.
In another incident, a commercial jet carrying more than 100 passengers, also from 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, caused a scare when thick smoke was seen?spewing from a set of tires after landing at 12 am Sunday at Xianyang International Airport in Xi'an city, capital of Northwest 皇冠体育app's Shaanxi province. No one was hurt, the airport authority and carrier said Monday.
On August 24, a Brazilian-made ERJ-190 jet operated by Henan Airlines crashed upon landing at Lindu Airport in Yichun City in northeast 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang Province, killing 42 and injuring 54 people on board. The accident is the deadliest commercial plane crash in 皇冠体育app since 2004.
