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KNKT blames fuel leakage for engine fire on Garuda Boeing 747
Authorities are still investigating what may have caused the leakage that is believed to have sparked the incident last week.
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Muslim pilgrims board a passenger plane at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, East Java, on May 24, 2023, as they embark on the journey to Mecca for the annual haj. (AFP/Juni Kriswanto)
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he National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) has blamed a fuel leakage for causing an engine fire in a Boeing 747-400 aircraft operated by Garuda Indonesia last week.
Nurcahyo Utomo, who chairs the agency’s subcommittee on aircraft accident investigations, said on Monday that the investigation was ongoing into the incident that occurred shortly after the aircraft took off for a haj flight from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport near Makassar in South Sulawesi on May 15.
“We are still looking for answers as to how the leakage could have happened. We have downloaded data from the plane’s black box,” Nurcahyo said, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Following the fire, the pilot returned to the same airport, where the aircraft landed some 30 minutes later after dumping fuel for safety reasons.
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