Hyderabad: Adding to the suspicion of the Bureau of Civil Aviation that there was foul play in the gutting of six training aircraft and a helicopter at Begumpet airport on Monday night, CID officials on Wednesday disputed the claim of the AP Aviation Academy authorities (APAA) that there were no containers filled with Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) lying around in the Nizam-era hangar when the fire took place.
"There were containers inside the hangar but since they caught fire, now it has to be seen whether the containers had fuel in it or not. The experts of forensic science can only confirm this. The eye witnesses noticed the initial spark which spread first to the cabin and subsequently to the entire hangar. The huge sounds of explosion took place only after the fire spread to the aircraft and helicopter,'' additional director general of police (CID) T Krishna Prasad said. The CID chief's assertion was in response to the claim of APAA director SN Reddy that there were no containers in the hangar and that the ATF was only inside the fuel tanks of the aircraft and helicopters.
20/12/12 Times of India
