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Adria Airways aircraft engine explodes on runway.

Publication: Airline Industry Information
Date: Monday, December 24 2001

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

The left engine of an Adria Airways Airbus A320 exploded on Sunday (23 December) while the aircraft was on the runway.

The incident occurred at Ljubljana in Slovenia as the aircraft began to taxi down the runway

for takeoff. The aircraft was due to fly to Ohrid in Macedonia.

No injuries were reported and investigations are said to be under way.

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