https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lufthansa-assessing-damage-to-a340-after-tug-fire-449377/ Lufthansa assessing damage to A340 after tug fire 12 June, 2018 David Kaminski-Morrow
Lufthansa is still assessing the damage to the Airbus A340-300 caught up in a ground tractor fire at Frankfurt Main airport. The aircraft suffered smoke contamination of its forward fuselage but images from the scene also indicate that its nose skin was breached during the blaze – with the strong possibility that smoke entered the cockpit and cabin. "There is no confirmation on the damage itself," says Lufthansa. "There's currently an assessment of the situation and it will take some days." German air accident investigation authority BFU is not probing the accident, because the aircraft was not engaged in any air transport operation at the time. Lufthansa confirms, however, that the tow-tractor involved was a diesel-powered vehicle and not one of the new electric 'eTug' tractors put into operation at Frankfurt. Ground-handling firm Lufthansa LEOS, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik, recently put a second 'eTug' into service at the hub. The vehicle, developed by Sweden's Kalmar Motor and fitted with lithium-ion batteries, is able to tow long-haul types including the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 and is designed to cut emissions by 75% compared with a conventional tractor. LEOS began using the vehicle at Frankfurt in 2016 and provided feedback to improve the tractor before taking the second. [© flightglobal.com] ... http://kalmarmotor.com/en/products/towbarless-tractors/tbl-800/ TBL 800 is an electric powered tractor designed for pushback and high speed maintenance towing of aircraft from Boeing 767 up to Airbus 380 ... [dated] http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=1774 Lufthansa signs electric tractor development contract to extend its green ground handling programme Oct 30, 2013 - Wed 30 Oct 2013 - Lufthansa Technik's ground handling subsidiary Lufthansa ... towbarless tractor capable of towing aircraft as large as the Airbus A380 for ... and airports, will be sold to customers worldwide as the TBL-800 ... http://www.greenaironline.com/files/image/TaxiBot_Lufthansa.jpg https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/06/08/vehicle-fires-happen-more-often-summer-you-prepared/685676002/Vehicle fires happen more often in summer. Are you prepared? Jun 8, 2018 ... an engine compartment fire, and Audi which recalled 1.2 million vehicles in April because ... cause a fire ... https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/05/04/TreasureCoast/TreasureCoast/636610474079247360-SL-turnpike-fire-0504-burning.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
