Duke’ s plane catches fire
NZPA Vancouver; A flight carrying the Duke; of Edinburgh was cancelled on Saturday night after two ! aborted take-offs and a flreii on the aircraft. Air Canada! said yesterday. • I The Duke and a party of I five were among 371 pas-] sengers on a Boeing 747 i jumbo jet due to flv from! Calgary to London. On the first run the pilot] rejected the take-off because a cabin door warning light, had come on. After checking, the aircraft: began another take-off run] but this time blew four of] its tyres and on returning] to the terminal its undercarriage caught fire. The fire was immediately extinguished and nobody was hurt but the flight was can'celled until yesterday. i
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