Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Boeing 737-800, no ka waihona kālā Ukrainian Mokulele SkyUp, me 196 mau kānaka ma luna o ka moku, ua loaʻa kekahi mau pilikia i ka pae ʻana i kahi wahi kaulana ʻo ʻAigupita Red Sea Sharm El Sheikh.
Ua holo wikiwiki nā limahana mālama mokulele i ke ahi e kinai i nā mea pae o ka mokulele he mau minuke wale nō ma hope o ka pae ʻana i ʻAigupita.
I ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka mokulele i ke kaʻa ʻōhua ma ka tarmac, ua lele koke nā mea pae i kona ʻaoʻao hema i ke ahi. Ua huhū ke ahi mālamalama ma kahi o hoʻokahi minuke ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā limahana o ke kahua mokulele me nā mea kinai ahi.
ʻAʻole hoʻokahi o ka poʻe 196 ma luna o ka moku i ʻeha, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mokulele. ʻO kahi liu wahie i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kumu o ke ahi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Airport maintenance staff had to rush to put out a fire on the plane's landing gear just minutes after it landed in Egypt.
- Just as the plane finished taxiing on the tarmac, the landing gear on its left side suddenly burst into flames.
- A fuel leak is believed to be the reason of the fire.
