Courtesy of the City of Williams Lake:
On Sunday December 18, 2011, the City's Fire Department responded to a call at the Williams Lake Regional Airport as follows:
At approximately 6:4pm Sunday, an aircraft on a scheduled flight to Vancouver was starting one of the engines when it experienced an interruption in the start sequence. As a result, there was a small amount of raw fuel that ignited as it exited the outlet/exhaust portion of the engine. As a precaution the aircraft fire suppression system was activated to eliminate any further risk of fire. The passengers disembarked the aircraft and waited in the terminal building.
The Williams Lake Fire Department attended to ensure that there was no further risk to the aircraft.
The Air Carrier maintenance personnel needed to recharge the suppression system before the aircraft could return to service, and as such the flight was delayed until the following morning.
For more information, please contact:
Shea De La Mare
Airport Coordinator
Williams Lake Regional Airport
Ph: 250-989-4713
Email:sdelamare@williamslake.ca
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