Düsseldorf – Huge shock for the passengers of two holiday airlines at Düsseldorf airport. Spilled kerosene threatened to ignite. The fire department had the machines cleared away.
“We were already on the plane to Barcelona. From the window you could see a fully loaded tanker truck crashing into a bollard. The tank tore open and thousands of liters of kerosene flowed out,” said a passenger, describing the scenes at the airport on Saturday morning.
Danger of fire at Düsseldorf Airport
The airport fire department arrived with several emergency vehicles. First announcement: “Everyone out of the planes!” The approximately 400 passengers had to leave the planes of the airlines Vueling and Eurowings via the passenger boarding bridges.
The kerosene is leaking from the tanker
Firefighters then began using breathing apparatus to spread and absorb the fuel using binding agents. The Airplanes remained standing.
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Passengers had to wait so long in the terminal that their flights were postponed.
A spokesman for Düsseldorf Airport told BILD: “The entire operation of the airport was not affected.” Only the affected machines would have had to be towed to other locations.
Both planes were supposed to take off around midday, it was said.
