Fuel Tank Blamed in Thai Jet Explosion
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. investigators say an exploding fuel tank apparently caused the fire aboard a Thai Airways Boeing 737, the same problem suspected in the fatal crash of TWA Flight 800.
A flight attendant was killed and the plane was destroyed in the March 3 blast in Bangkok minutes before Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was to board.
A report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane’s center tank exploded. It is near air-conditioning packs, which generate heat.
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