Boeing 747-300 crash, Mar 25, 2008, Dhaka-Hazrat Shahjala...
Boeing 747-300 accident on March 25, 2008 near Dhaka-Hazrat Shahjalal (ex Zia Ul-Haq), Dhaka, Bangladesh with no fatalities. Cause: Incorrect assembly...
- Date: March 25, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-300
- Location: Dhaka-Hazrat Shahjalal (ex Zia Ul-Haq), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Incorrect assembly of a flexible fuel coupling at engine No. 3, with a missing retaining ring, let fuel leak onto a hot surface. Unclear maintenance manual instructions were a contributing factor.
A Saudia Boeing 747-300 on a scheduled flight from Medina to Dhaka caught fire in the No. 3 engine strut during the landing roll. The engines were shut down and fire bottles discharged without extinguishing the fire, and the captain ordered an evacuation. Passengers left through the left-side exits and airport firefighters extinguished the fire, but the aircraft was beyond economic repair.