Two US aircraft on fire at the same day: American Airlines B767 at Chicago - Fedex DC10 at Fort Lauderdale

[Passenger]

Flight involved:
http://avherald.com/h?article=49ffa115&opt=0

Aircraft:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b767-33084.htm

[Passenger]

Fort Lauderdale, Fedex DC-10:





Aircraft:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-dc10-46608.htm

Report:
http://avherald.com/h?article=49ffaff0&opt=0

[Acid-drop]

It feels so long before people understand the situation and evacuate... they also stay quite close while the plane is burning...
Seriously...

Shouldnt there be only one message ?
"You will f. die. Run like hell"

[luchtzak]

[sn26567]

A write-off. Retirement a little earlier than expected!

[quixoticguide]

But a rebirth for this plane N603FE!
Victorville on her way to Anchorage
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... fe#b7618b0

[Bralo20]

But a rebirth for this plane N603FE!
Victorville on her way to Anchorage
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... fe#b7618b0

Guess they kept that plane in an airworthy state, it was stored for over 2 years and yet in a day it's become operational. Not bad!

Kinda wondered why they would send a (compared to the MD-10F) rather recent bird to storage (N603FE was "only" 23 years old when they send it to VCV and build as a freighter) while keeping a 44 year old converted pax plane (yet updated to MD-10 standards) operational.

[luchtzak]

Surveillance camera and fire fighting footage released today:
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[Passenger]

Final report NTSB about the American Airlines 767-300 fire at Chicago:

Aviation Herald:
http://avherald.com/h?article=49ffa115/0003&opt=0

NTSB pdf: 112 pages, 3 MB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Acc ... AR1801.pdf