THIRTY-FOUR
passengers and 4 crew members were evacuated after fire alarm was
raised moments before a Precision Air plane took off from Zanzibar’s
Karume Airport last Thursday.
The
airline said in a statement that the pilot of the plane with
registration number 5HPWB between Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam had
immediately initiated standard operating procedures to extinguish the
fire and taxied the aircraft back to the apron.
“No
one was harmed during this incidence; all 34 passengers and 4 crew
members were safely evacuated and given accommodation for the night,”
the airline said in a statement.
After
the fire incident, another engine was sent from Dar es Salaam and a
rescue flight was also sent to take engineers and Tanzania Civil
Aviation Authority (TCAA) officials for investigation into the matter.
“We
wish to inform all our passengers and the general public that due to
our strict adherence to safety, immediate measures were taken to send
another engine from Dar es Salaam.
“We
have also sent a rescue flight to take TCAA officials together with our
engineers to conduct required standard investigations for such an
event. The same equipment will also airlift the passengers back to Dar
es Salaam to continue on their journeys.”
The
aircraft had already performed flight PW-432 from Dar es Salaam to
Kilimanjaro, then flight PW-2433 from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar that day
and was scheduled to continue to Dar es Salaam following the
intermediate stop in Zanzibar.
Precision
Air is an IOSA certified airline therefore the safety of our
passengers, crew and aircraft is always a priority, the airline said in
the statement and apologized to their passengers for the inconveniences
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