Date: | Saturday 29 June 1968 |
Time: | 02:20 |
Type: | Douglas DC-8-53 |
Owner/operator: | VIASA |
Registration: | PH-DCH |
MSN: | 45383/120 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:DC-8 PH-DCH named "Orville Wright" was leased to VIASA by KLM. The aircraft was parked in one of the hangars at Schiphol Airport for a replacement of a fuel pump and work on some wiring. During this work, an explosion occurred in the no. 4 main fuel tank. While some other aircraft were pulled out of the hangar just in time, PH-DCH burned out.
Sources:
Airnieuws 304
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jossi Braat; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); June 1968
photo (c) Jossi Braat; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); June 1968
photo (c) Airview; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS)
photo (c) F. Spierings; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 28 March 1965
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