Accident: Royal Air Maroc B763 at Montreal on Nov 4th 2013, cargo belt loader caught fire

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A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 767-300, registration CN-RNT performing flight AT-206 from Casablanca (Marocco) to Montreal,QC (Canada), had completed an uneventful flight, the aircraft reached the parking position, engines were shut down and passengers began to disembark. A cargo belt loader was used to unload luggage from the left aft cargo door but caught fire emitting a large plume of smoke and prompting the crew to initiate an emergency evacuation via slides. About 250 passengers evacuated the aircraft. 7 passengers received injuries, 5 of them were taken to hospital, the injuries partly to lower limbs as result of the evacuation and partly due to smoke inhalation.

The airport said it was Royal Air Maroc's decision to evacuate and asked whether it could have been done differently. 7 passengers were treated on the spot, 5 of them taken to a hospital.

Canada's TSB have opened an investigation.

 

 

 

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