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Boeing 767 flight simulator catches fire at German airport

Published 1:30 am Thursday, December 29, 2016

Boeing 767 flight simulator catches fire at German airport
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Boeing 767 flight simulator catches fire at German airport
A firefighter stands in the office of Condor airlines next to a burned out Boeing 767 flight simulator at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Thursday. (Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa)

Associated Press

BERLIN — A flight simulator has caught fire in an office building at the Frankfurt airport, forcing some 200 people to evacuate.

The fire service says one person was taken to a hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. The blaze on Thursday was extinguished within 45 minutes.

Police told German news agency dpa that a technical fault likely was to blame for the fire at the building belonging to German airline Condor.

Firefighters said the Boeing 767 flight simulator, much of which burned out, contained a replica passenger cabin.

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