Date: | Monday 7 October 1996 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
Owner/operator: | Sempati Air Transport |
Registration: | PK-JFK |
MSN: | 10226 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP) -
Singapore
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 was parked at Singapore-Seletar Airport for maintenance. During a pressurization test of the aircraft's left hand outer wing fuel tank, about 15 minutes after the start of the test, a loud bang' was heard. The test was immediately stopped. However, the subsequent inspection revealed substantial damage to the outer wing.
Sources:
Airnieuws 327
Images:
photo (c) Sempati, Frank Ellemers Collection; Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT); 1973
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