29 July 2013

Smoke on a plane at Canberra Airport

| johnboy
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ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service Intensive Care paramedics have assisted Airservices Australia after reports of smoke in a plane cockpit at Canberra Airport.

ACT Ambulance Service Intensive Care Paramedics have transported the pilot and co-pilot to the Canberra Hospital for assessment.

50 passengers including one child were safely evacuated from the plane with no injuries reported.

[Courtesy ESA]

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