Based on the magnitude of the fire and billowing black smoke, aviation authorities initially said a Dynamic International Airways Boeing 767 suffered a fuel leak while on a taxiway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Thursday.
That’s not to mention a deep puddle of jet fuel that had to be cleaned up from the accident scene.
At this point, however, the National Transportation Safety Board said it isn’t sure whether it was fuel or some other fluid that nurtured the fire, senior accident investigator Timothy LeBaron said Friday.
“We want to find out what caused the fire, that’s the big question,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of information at this point.”
While the investigation will encompass all aspects of the plane’s maintenance history, it likely will zero in on whether there was a fuel line problem or whether the plane was properly refueled prior to the accident Thursday, aviation authorities said.
“They will be looking at maintenance records and talking to the people who had worked on the plane,” Kent George, the airport director, said Friday.
George noted that no fire broke into the passenger cabin but rather erupted on the left wing and engine of the twin-engine widebody jetliner.
Of the 101 passengers onboard, about 23 suffered injuries, most while sliding down emergency evacuation chutes. Two remained hospitalized Friday.
Dynamic Flight 405 had intended to fly to Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday. But as the plane was taxiing to the airport’s north runway, pilots in a jetliner
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