Dismantled plane ignites at air center=0ADuane Barbati=0ARecord Staff Write= r=0A=0A=0AA Lockheed 737 L-1011 caught fire at the Roswell Industrial Air C= enter while an Aircraft Recycling Corporation worker was attempting to dism= antle the aircraft for scrap metal Monday, an airport spokesman said.=0A=0A= The aircraft caught fire around 12:30 p.m., on one of the RIAC's runways, R= IAC Spokesman Dennis B. Ybarra said. =0A=0AThe fire started because of left= over fuel or vapors in the right wing of the plane, he said.=0A=0ARoswell = Fire Department Division Chief Ruben Sanchez said air traffic controllers s= potted the fire from the tower then called central dispatch. Fire fighters = put the fire out within five minutes.=0A=0A"The worker was tearing down the= 737," Sanchez said. "It is a rare incident that happened at the RIAC. Fort= unately, he was not injured. The worker was cutting away the wing because t= he plane was being scrapped for the metal."=0A=0ASanchez said only the fuse= lage and right wing caught fire - the rest of the plane remains intact and = salvageable.=0A=0AHe said the ARC worker was not injured. =0A=0AARC is a na= tional aircraft removal corporation that stripes all the metal from unwante= d airplanes then recycles the metal by melting down the aluminum metals to = be manufactured into new products, according to their web site.=0A=0AARC re= presentatives were unavailable for comment at press time.=0A=0AStewart Indu= stries International spokesman Ben Redman said Stewart Industries sold the = plane to ARC after Stewart had stripped the plane of any reusable parts.=0A= =0A"We sold it to them for aluminum products," Redman said. "We are in the = business of stripping unwanted planes of its reusable parts. We are a leadi= ng aviation spare parts supplier in the heavy jet industry." <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".