Avro 748 crash, Jun 12, 2012, Sandy Lake
Avro 748 accident on June 12, 2012 near Sandy Lake, Ontario, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: A leak in a hose on the ground fuel-transfer equipment...
- Date: June 12, 2012
- Aircraft: Avro 748
- Location: Sandy Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: A leak in a hose on the ground fuel-transfer equipment released vapour that the wind carried back to the pumps, where it ignited. No official TSB investigation was conducted.
A Wasaya Airways HS 748 parked at Sandy Lake was being unloaded of jet fuel drums by its crew when a fire broke out beside the ramp. The crew fought it with extinguishers, but the fire spread and destroyed most of the aircraft. No one was injured.