Accident: Ethiopian B772 at Shanghai on Jul 22nd 2020, aircraft burned down on apron

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration ET-ARH performing flight ET-3738 (dep Jul 21st) from Brussels (Belgium) to Shanghai (China), had safely arrived at Shanghai and had taxied to the apron at about 11:53L (03:53Z). While parked at the apron at about 15:57L (07:57Z) smoke was observed from the aft crown of the aircraft, emergency services responded and extinguished the fire by about 17:01L (09:01Z). No injuries are being reported. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

China's Civil Aviation Authority have opened an investigation.

Ethiopian Airlines confirmed the aircraft caught fire in Shanghai. It was scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and further on to Sao Paulo,SP (Brazil) and San Diego,CA (USA).

ARFF services attend to a fire in Ethiopian Airlines Cargo 777 ET-ARH in Shanghai earlier today. There were no reported injuries.