TK B773 in IST - Evac via Slides

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Augenzeugenbericht - war die IST-BKK-Maschine:

A TK B777 300 was lined up for take off last night (03/12/10 at approx 22:35z) at Istanbul's 17L, when after not having moving for a while the strobes were switched off and shortly afterwards the aircraft slides blew on the left hand side only.

Passengers and crew all safe with what looked like no major injuries.

Was informed by ATC that they had a cargo hold fire indication.

Runway blocked for some time whilst the slides were disconnected and the aircraft towed away.

Und hier die Presse: THY plane evacuated after fire alarm [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ]