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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Ark Royal suffers third fire scare in her engine room

HMS Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal has been hit by a third fire scare since her expensive refit in Portsmouth, The News can reveal.

Crew in the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier had to use emergency systems to make one of her jet engines safe after a fire alarm went off.

The starboard inner gas turbine in the forward engine room was cooled with sprinklers after it overheated during trials off the coast of Devon.

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