On Thursday evening, a Mercedes Vito caught fire on the departure level in front of Terminal 3 of Vienna-Schwechat Airport for reasons that have not yet been clarified. The vehicle belongs to a parking lot operator who also provides shuttle services.

Within a few moments, the motor vehicle caught a full fire. Flughafen Wien AG's fire brigade quickly intervened and put out the fire. Nobody was injured by the incident, and the driver of the Mercedes was able to get to safety in good time. There is a high probability that third-party negligence or bad intentions can be ruled out; it is likely that it was a technical defect.

Airport boss Julian Jäger thanked the company fire brigade on Facebook: “'Fire out!' Our fire brigade team has just extinguished a burning car right in front of the terminal at Vienna Airport! Fortunatly nobody was hurt. Thanks to the colleagues for acting quickly! ”.