Philippine Airlines Flight 143

On May 11, 1990, at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport the Boeing 737-300 (C/N 24466, MSN 1771) assigned to the route suffered an explosion in the central fuel tank and was consumed by fire in as little as four minutes.The air conditioning packs, located beneath the center wing fuel tank of the 737, had been running on the ground before pushback (approximately 30 to 45 minutes).The NTSB recommended to the FAA that an Airworthiness Directive be issued requiring inspections of the fuel boost pumps, float switch, and wiring looms because signs of chafing had been found.[citation needed] The NTSB later determined the same causes had resulted in the crash of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, where all 230 passengers and crew on the Boeing 747 were killed in the accident.[4] Ignition of the vapors within the center wing tank is also believed by the NTSB to be the cause behind the explosion of another Boeing 737 on March 3, 2001, which was operating as Thai Airways International Flight 114.

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