Airbus (not Boeing) Fire at gate.

[X3 Skier]

Mechanical malfunction sparks fire on Airbus Delta jet arriving at Sea-Tac airport

A mechanical malfunction caused a fire inside the nose area of a Delta flight at Sea-Tac airport Monday evening.

komonews.com

 

[eman1200]

how can we blame boeing?

 

[frfly172]

Better if happened on the ground,rather than while airborne.

 

[Daleandee]

how can we blame boeing?

Any real modern day journalist would have alluded to how this brings back painful memories of the current, ongoing, and plaguing woes of the Boeing company ...

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

how can we blame boeing?

The Airbus identifies as a Boeing.

 

[TwinWasp]

Better if happened on the ground,rather than while airborne.

A bit hard to get plugged into ground power while airborne.

 

[Mikey52]

I believe southwest had a 737 spark pretty good on ground power. They don't have any airbuses.

 

[X3 Skier]

how can we blame boeing?

A "journalist" doesn't need a reason.

 

[eman1200]

A "journalist" doesn't need a reason.

truth.

 

[Larry in TN]

I believe southwest had a 737 spark pretty good on ground power. They don't have any airbuses.

Ground power is 115v/400Hz high-current, 3-phase A/C regardless of the name on the airplane. Fires can result when current flows where it isn't supposed to flow.