Passengers boarding a Hawaii-bound flight at San Francisco International Airport got a scare Sunday morning when a shipping container with electronic gear inside exploded.
United Flight No. 33 was prepared to take off at about 9:30 a.m. when the small explosion occurred, said airport spokesman Mike McCarron.
“As the baggage handler was moving bags around the cargo hold one of the packed shipping containers exploded, a minor explosion, and blew the hinges off,” McCarron said.
There were no injuries, McCarron said. A battery pack for electronic test equipment might have been to blame for the explosion, he added.
The container was well padded and insulated and McCarron said the explosion would likely not have caused any damage to the plane even if it had been airborne.
The passengers were quickly evacuated from the area around the plane and were soon preparing to board an alternate flight to Kauai Island, Hawaii.
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By: EGNM - 12th May 2003 at 01:44
hmmm – it may not have caused any damage when airbourne – but i hope it’d have been put donw at the nearest suitable field if she had been airbourne and an audable explosion heard!
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May 11, 2003 at 11:59 pm