MONTREAL: Cargo belt loader catch’s fire, 7 passengers received injuries while exiting Boeing 767

(BMLTV) November 5, 20 13  - According to the Aviation Herald , yesterday a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 767-300, registration CN-RNT performing flight AT-206 from Casablanca Marocco to Montreal,QC, Canada, had completed an uneventful flight.  The aircraft reached the parking position, engines were shut down and passengers began to disembark.

Heavy black smoke is seen behind the tale of Boeing 767. photo: Courtesy Aviation Herald/RL

A cargo belt loader was used to unload luggage from the left aft cargo door but caught fire emitting a large plume of smoke and prompting the crew to initiate an emergency evacuation via slides.

A cargo belt loader is on fire and a  evacuation is  in progress. photo: maxime landry

About 250 passengers evacuated the aircraft. 7 passengers received injuries, 5 of them were taken to hospital, the injuries partly to lower limbs as result of the evacuation and partly due to smoke inhalation.

The airport said it was Royal Air Maroc's decision to evacuate and asked whether it could have been done differently. 7 passengers were treated on the spot, 5 of them taken to a hospital.

Canada's TSB have opened an investigation.

by simon hradecky