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Smoking tug vehicle checked at Cleveland Hopkins AirportCleveland OH

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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), 5300 Riverside Dr, Cleveland, OH 44135

As discussed during the dispatch call, a tug vehicle at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport gate A1 was smoking due to possible use of jet fuel instead of diesel. The fire department was notified to check and secure the area.

Audio|Heard on: Cuyahoga OH Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:37
Transcript:
00:00
Get over to gate A1, I got a report from the administrative offices of a tug that's smoking.
00:08
We see some excessive white smoke.
00:12
No fire, but can you just kind of venture over there and see if everything's okay?
00:19
Yeah, we'll do.
00:21
I think which one is A1?
00:25
It's the side of the A concourse that faces our office all the way in the corner by the ramp.
00:39
Okay, copy.
00:40
I'll head there now.
00:41
Oh, car four.
00:44
Oh, car four.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:49
I'm over here by the smoking tug.
00:54
It's definitely got some problems.
00:58
All right, I heard on the RF radio possibly the wrong fuel was used to fuel this tug.
01:07
Possibly jet fuel instead of diesel.
01:09
Can you confirm that before you leave and get pictures, please?
01:17
Will do. Yeah, I kind of probably should let the I was planning on probably letting the fire department do its thing 1st and then go up to it.
01:27
Yeah, just their command.
01:30
Just stay behind them until they deem the area safe.
01:32
And yeah,
01:35
then we'll get our incident report going.

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Location mentioned:
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), 5300 Riverside Dr, Cleveland, OH 44135

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