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Old 07-25-2022, 08:58 AM
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A Vueling Airlines A319 in Barcelona filled with smoke after an explosion. When the lead F/A informed the pilots they were the 1st ones off the jet shortly followed by all but one of the F/A's. Pax were basically left to fend for themselves. One of the F/A's had a "meltdown". The lone remaining F/A started screaming in Spanish for everyone to get off the plane. Passengers compared the pilot's actions to those of the Costa Concordia Cruise Ship who's Captain is currently serving a 16yr Prison sentence. Vueling is owned by IAG which also owns British Airway.

https://www.businessinsider.com/pilo...plosion-2022-7
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Old 07-25-2022, 10:05 AM
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Eh…that wasn’t an explosion type of explosion.
Likely APU issue.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/24/smoke...nway-17056336/
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Old 07-25-2022, 11:40 AM
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Eh…that wasn’t an explosion type of explosion.
Likely APU issue.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/24/smoke...nway-17056336/
I agree, sounds like an APU issue. But it appears the engines should have been running at that point although I can't be sure. The engine generators should have kicked in after the APU self-destructed so I don't know why it went dark unless they were still pushing back from the gate.
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