Narrative:
During maintenance at Moscow-Domodedovo Airport a fuel tank in the right wing caught fire while a valve was being changed. Fuel was ignited by an electrical lamp. The fire could not be extinguished and the aircraft burnt out.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 7 November 1992 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-62M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Domodedovo Civil Aviation Production Ass'n |
| Registration: | RA-86703 |
| MSN: | 31601 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KU |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) ( Russia)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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During maintenance at Moscow-Domodedovo Airport a fuel tank in the right wing caught fire while a valve was being changed. Fuel was ignited by an electrical lamp. The fire could not be extinguished and the aircraft burnt out.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fireDamaged on the ground
Sources:
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