The TSB investigating fire that broke out on the tarmac of the Montreal airport
Posted July 10, 2023 2:57 pm.
Last Updated July 10, 2023 3:05 pm.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a service vehicle caught fire under an Air Canada Boeing 777 aircraft at the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on Sunday.
This was confirmed by the federal body in a brief statement on Monday, indicating that a team of investigators will be sent to the airport in the coming days or even hours.
On Sunday, Montreal firefighters were called to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport after a fire broke out in a company vehicle under an Air Canada plane on the ground.
Air Canada says the fire developed in a water truck that was servicing the plane and that the flames were quickly doused by ground crew.
There were no reported injuries, according to authorities, who said the fire was under control in under half an hour.
Uh oh!!! @AirCanada ground equipment #fire at @yulaeroport #Montreal #Airport pic.twitter.com/rPoICuqgtn
— Ken Ying (@Ken_Ying) July 9, 2023
The safety board did not give a cause of the fire.
The airline says the passengers, who had arrived from Geneva, were quickly taken off the aircraft with the help of crew.
This is the second in a string of recent incidents at the airport. On Saturday, an employee died in an on-site accident.
The employee worked for Equans, a company that offers technical services to airports, including baggage handling systems and electrical networks.
Antoine Leclerc-Loiselle, a spokesperson for the Quebec workplace health and safety board who are currently investigating the death, says a worker in charge of luggage handling fell early Saturday afternoon after trying to dislodge a suitcase from a piece of equipment, possibly a conveyor belt.
-With files from The Canadian Press
