British Airways jet on fire at Logan airport
Per Fox news
BOSTON (AP) — A fire was discovered aboard a British Airways flight shortly after it landed at Logan International Airport on Monday night, and five firefighters were injured battling the blaze, officials said.
The firefighters complained of burning in their throats and eyes, MassPort spokesman Phil Orlandella said.
The captain of the London-to-Boston Flight 239 called the Logan control tower after it landed around 9:30 p.m. and said a cockpit indicator showed a fire in the avionics compartment on the underside of the plane.
There were 219 passengers and 14 crew members aboard. None were injured, Orlandella said.
“They were already de-planing when this fire happened,” Orlandella said.
A British Airways spokeswoman said the airline was investigating and could not comment further.
The fire’s cause was not immediately known, and it was unclear what substance might have caused the firefighters’ injuries.
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A passenger train derailed in eastern Australia early Tuesday, injuring more than 120 people as cars slammed into trees and plowed through nearby fields. Medical officials said it was a miracle nobody was killed.
The train, carrying 164 passengers and crew from Brisbane to the northern town of Cairns, careened off the tracks shortly after midnight, about 250 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland state police said.
Many passengers were likely sleeping when they were suddenly tossed around the carriages, they said. Some car almost slid onto the adjacent Bruce Highway, the major east coast road.
About 35 of the injured were being treated for serious injuries, hospital officials said.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the train to jump the tracks, and officials said an investigation was under way.
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