SkyWest flight catches fire at Nashville Airport

[A Life Aloft]

Better view from the gate....

 

[fast89pony]

Better view from the gate....

Folks if you'll notice the orange glow out the right windows..

 

[scooter2525]

It's like flying around an MD-90 all month and then you get swapped into an -88…

"Aww crap… ignition… DON'T TOUCH IT! AAAAAAUGH" *THUMP*

DC-9

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Better view from the gate....

That's not the APU.

 

[CaptBill]

We are all taught not to jump to conclusuons.
So..... what exactly do we know about this?

1. We know that the tail doesn't need de-icing.
2. We know that the fuel filter is not plugged.
4. We know that at least 10 seat cushions will need replacing.
3. We know that the AC packs won't put out enough air to cool the cabin.

Beyond that, it's all speculation.

 

[trafficinsight]

How do people get these perfectly timed photos?

 

[bkey79]

I've seen a 1900 shoot 10 ft flames out of the stacks in -20c temps during start up. Puts a mighty fine glow at 430 am in BFE North Dakota! And the people still got on the plane that morning!

 

[Screaming_Emu]

BFE North Dakota

Redundant

 

[Screaming_Emu]

How do people get these perfectly timed photos?

I can have my phone out of my pocket and in camera mode in about a second.

 

[trafficinsight]

I can have my phone out of my pocket and in camera mode in about a second.

Maybe I'm just thick, I can't count the number of times I've gone "whoa, that was neat.. I should have tried to get a photo of it."

 

[Cal Goat]

 

[gotWXdagain]

This does look like some kind of wet start. Either the ignition came on late or the apu exhaust was hot enough to ignite fuel vapors coming out the tail pipe, is my uneducated speculation.

 

[Baronman]

As DL execs breathe a sigh of relief that "DELTA CONNECTION" isn't smattered across the side of this particular plane. What are the odds??

 

[Groundpounder]

This does look like some kind of wet start. Either the ignition came on late or the apu exhaust was hot enough to ignite fuel vapors coming out the tail pipe, is my uneducated speculation.

Is that anything like a wet fart?

 

[deadstick]

Better view from the gate....

That plane will now take the #4 slot position in the Skywest demonstration team, The Flaming Cougars.

 

[Van_Hoolio]

I like the guy in this picture. Not giving a F. Level 1000.

 

[Inverted]

Better view from the gate....

So Southwest pipes Top Gun music on takeoff, Skywest is going full afterburner. Now that's what I call oneupsmanship...

 

[fast89pony]

 

[gotWXdagain]

Is that anything like a wet fart?

It's the best kind of wet fart.

 

[ChasenSFO]

It looks like the ramper is doing "The Soulja Boy" dance.

Yooooooooou!

When I first saw the pic, the fact this happened and in the "HOLY HELL WTF" moment the ramper remembered the "engine fire shut down" signal in the heat of the moment more shocking than the fire itself.

Better view from the gate....

That's what they get for driving on the VSR.