Hawker 800 Catches Fire at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport

A Hawker 800 caught fire yesterday at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport as the crew was preparing for takeoff for a trip to Russia, according to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network. All six people aboard the aircraft escaped without injuries.

A surveillance video shows three separate fire vehicles from Ben Gurion Airport’s firefighting services arriving at the aircraft while people on board were running down the airstair to safety. The video appears to show a fire in the right main landing gear, and the aircraft was already leaning to the right, with the right wingtip near the ground, when the fire vehicles arrived. The cause of the blaze, as well as the amount of damage to the aircraft, is not yet known.